Poems on Affairs of State from the Time of Oliver Cromwell to the Abdication of K. James the Second [continued to 1707, Volume 41707 |
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... Thou Great Marlborough , haft in two Cam- Made happy ANN's surpass all other Reigns ; ( paigns , And by thy Conduct ... Thou Thou doft with Temper all thy Actions fquare ,, And Jo POEMS on Vidory upon Victory: A Poem on the Success of ...
... Thou Great Marlborough , haft in two Cam- Made happy ANN's surpass all other Reigns ; ( paigns , And by thy Conduct ... Thou Thou doft with Temper all thy Actions fquare ,, And Jo POEMS on Vidory upon Victory: A Poem on the Success of ...
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... thou haft nobly won for England's Crown . Bright Anna's Vertues , joyn'd with thy Success , Shine equal to the Kingdom's Happiness . Domeftick Jars are by her Scepter aw'd , Whilft with Her Sword thou Wonders doft abroad . Elizabeth ...
... thou haft nobly won for England's Crown . Bright Anna's Vertues , joyn'd with thy Success , Shine equal to the Kingdom's Happiness . Domeftick Jars are by her Scepter aw'd , Whilft with Her Sword thou Wonders doft abroad . Elizabeth ...
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... thou afpire , Pretending to rehearse The Thoughts of Gods , and Godlike Kings Ceafe , cease to leffen lofty Things , By mean , ignoble Verfe ! T The Comparison , 1705 . " Hat fitting Measures might be taken To fave a certain Prince's ...
... thou afpire , Pretending to rehearse The Thoughts of Gods , and Godlike Kings Ceafe , cease to leffen lofty Things , By mean , ignoble Verfe ! T The Comparison , 1705 . " Hat fitting Measures might be taken To fave a certain Prince's ...
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... thou let'ft him fee An Action worthy of thy Cause and Thee : On Blenheim's fatal Plain , Thousands on Thousands flain , Told the infulting Foe again , That Marlborough , arm'd in ANNA's Cause , To injur'd Nations should restore Their ...
... thou let'ft him fee An Action worthy of thy Cause and Thee : On Blenheim's fatal Plain , Thousands on Thousands flain , Told the infulting Foe again , That Marlborough , arm'd in ANNA's Cause , To injur'd Nations should restore Their ...
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... thou haft done for her ; ' Admiring Europe fhall confefs , To thee they owe the Charms of Peace , And Nations emulous shall crown thy vaft Success . Thrice happy Britain ! glorious Isle ! On Thee the refcu'd Princes fmile , And bless ...
... thou haft done for her ; ' Admiring Europe fhall confefs , To thee they owe the Charms of Peace , And Nations emulous shall crown thy vaft Success . Thrice happy Britain ! glorious Isle ! On Thee the refcu'd Princes fmile , And bless ...
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Page 226 - By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill, Stands on his hinder legs with listening ear, To hearken if his foes pursue him still ; Anon their loud alarums he doth hear -• And now his grief may be compared well To one sore sick that hears the passingbell.
Page 189 - Achilles' image stood his spear Grip'd in an armed hand; himself behind Was left unseen, save to the eye of mind: A hand, a foot, a face, a leg, a head, Stood for the whole to be imagined.
Page 372 - And as the Indies were not found, before Those rich perfumes, which, from the happy shore. The winds upon their balmy wings convey...
Page 230 - With this he breaketh from the sweet embrace Of those fair arms which bound him to her breast, And homeward through the dark laund runs apace; Leaves Love upon her back, deeply distress'd. Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky, So glides he in the night from Venus...
Page 373 - Peace is not freed from labour, but from noise ; And war more force, but not more pains employs...
Page 50 - Mov'd in the orb, pleas'd with the chimes, The foolish creature thinks he climbs: But here or there, turn wood or wire, He never gets two inches higher. So fares it with those merry blades, That frisk it under Pindus' shades. In noble songs, and lofty odes, They tread on stars, and talk with gods; Still dancing in an airy round, Still pleas'd with their own verses' sound ; Brought back, how fast soe'er they go, Always aspiring, always low.
Page 371 - So in this hemifphere our utmoft view Is only bounded by our king and you : Our fight is limited where you are join'd, And beyond that no farther heaven can find.
Page 190 - Why should the private pleasure of some one Become the public plague of many moe? Let sin, alone committed, light alone Upon his head that hath transgressed so...