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Rash , horrid thought ! yet , now afraid to live , 485 Murd'rous he strikes — May
Heav'n the deed forgive ! Why had he thus false spirit to rebel , And why not
fortitude to suffer well ? Were his success , how terrible the blow ! And it recoils
on him ...
Rash , horrid thought ! yet , now afraid to live , 485 Murd'rous he strikes — May
Heav'n the deed forgive ! Why had he thus false spirit to rebel , And why not
fortitude to suffer well ? Were his success , how terrible the blow ! And it recoils
on him ...
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... 136 And leaves heav'n's stormy magazines below ; Thence thro ' the vast
profound of heav'n fhe flies And measures all the concave of the skics , Sees
where the planetary worlds advance 140 Orb above orb , and lead the starry
dance ; Nor ...
... 136 And leaves heav'n's stormy magazines below ; Thence thro ' the vast
profound of heav'n fhe flies And measures all the concave of the skics , Sees
where the planetary worlds advance 140 Orb above orb , and lead the starry
dance ; Nor ...
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Shall duft arraign the providence of Heav'n , With reason's line the boundless
distance scan , 5 Oppose Heav'n's awful majesty to man ? To what a length his
vast dominions run , How far beyond the journies of the sun ! He hung yon '
golden ...
Shall duft arraign the providence of Heav'n , With reason's line the boundless
distance scan , 5 Oppose Heav'n's awful majesty to man ? To what a length his
vast dominions run , How far beyond the journies of the sun ! He hung yon '
golden ...
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Contents
To the Right Hon Sir Robert Walpole | 151 |
To Mr John Dyer a Painter c | 159 |
To Aaron Hill Esq with the Tragedy of | 165 |
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| Title | Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ... Volumes 88-90 of Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Illustrated by | Thomas Stothard, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1776 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2006 |
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