The Poetical Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements. With the Life of the AuthorC. Cooke, 1794 - 314 pages |
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... Mufe employ'd her heav'n - taught lyre None but the nobleft paffions to infpire : Not one immoral , one corrupted thought , One line which , dying , he could wish to blot .--- Prol . to Coriol . EMBELLISHED WITH SUPERB ENGRAVINGS ...
... Mufe employ'd her heav'n - taught lyre None but the nobleft paffions to infpire : Not one immoral , one corrupted thought , One line which , dying , he could wish to blot .--- Prol . to Coriol . EMBELLISHED WITH SUPERB ENGRAVINGS ...
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... Mufe . The Union , therefore , of Poetry and Painting affords an Employment for the Mind at once elegant , delightful , and instructive ; and when recommended with every Degree of Tafte and Elegance , they muft evidently claim the ...
... Mufe . The Union , therefore , of Poetry and Painting affords an Employment for the Mind at once elegant , delightful , and instructive ; and when recommended with every Degree of Tafte and Elegance , they muft evidently claim the ...
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... ' breathing profpect bids the Mufe 455 460 Throw all her beauty forth . But who can paint 465 Like Nature ? Can Imagination boast , Amid its gay creation , hues like her's ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill , 12 SPRING .
... ' breathing profpect bids the Mufe 455 460 Throw all her beauty forth . But who can paint 465 Like Nature ? Can Imagination boast , Amid its gay creation , hues like her's ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill , 12 SPRING .
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... Mufe ! and hark ! how loud the woods Invite you forth in all your gayeft trim . Lend me your fong , ye Nightingales ! oh ! pour The mazy - running foul of Melody Into my facred verfe ! while I deduce , From the first note the hollow ...
... Mufe ! and hark ! how loud the woods Invite you forth in all your gayeft trim . Lend me your fong , ye Nightingales ! oh ! pour The mazy - running foul of Melody Into my facred verfe ! while I deduce , From the first note the hollow ...
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... Mufe afham'd here to bemoan Her brothers of the grove , by tyrant man Inhuman caught , and in the narrow cage From liberty confin'd and boundless air . Dull are the pretty flaves , their plumage dull , Ragged , and all its bright'ning ...
... Mufe afham'd here to bemoan Her brothers of the grove , by tyrant man Inhuman caught , and in the narrow cage From liberty confin'd and boundless air . Dull are the pretty flaves , their plumage dull , Ragged , and all its bright'ning ...
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