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6 --- No , arm'd with rhyme , at priests l'll take my aim , 66 Tho ' Prudence bids me
murder but their fame . WEEKLY MISCELLANY . An answer was published in
The Gentleman's Magazine , written by an unknown hand , from which the fol ...
6 --- No , arm'd with rhyme , at priests l'll take my aim , 66 Tho ' Prudence bids me
murder but their fame . WEEKLY MISCELLANY . An answer was published in
The Gentleman's Magazine , written by an unknown hand , from which the fol ...
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307 ' Tis yours to fade ; to fame like her's is due . Undying sweets , aud bloom for
ever new , Ye Blossoms ! that one vary'd landscape rise , And send your seentful
tribute to the skies , Diffusive like yon royal branches smile , 35 Grace the young ...
307 ' Tis yours to fade ; to fame like her's is due . Undying sweets , aud bloom for
ever new , Ye Blossoms ! that one vary'd landscape rise , And send your seentful
tribute to the skies , Diffusive like yon royal branches smile , 35 Grace the young ...
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Whoe'er would thy establish'd fame deface Are but immortaliz'd to their disgrace .
Live and enjoy their fpite , and share that fate Which would if Homer liv'd on
Homer wait . And lo ! his second labour claims thy care , 35 Ulysses ' toils
succeed ...
Whoe'er would thy establish'd fame deface Are but immortaliz'd to their disgrace .
Live and enjoy their fpite , and share that fate Which would if Homer liv'd on
Homer wait . And lo ! his second labour claims thy care , 35 Ulysses ' toils
succeed ...
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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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