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Page 171
The bust and medal bear the meaning face , And the proud statue adds the
posture's grace ; Imag'd at length , the bury'd Heroine , known , Still seems to
wound , to smile or frown in stone ! As art would art , or metal stone surpass , 15
Her soul ...
The bust and medal bear the meaning face , And the proud statue adds the
posture's grace ; Imag'd at length , the bury'd Heroine , known , Still seems to
wound , to smile or frown in stone ! As art would art , or metal stone surpass , 15
Her soul ...
Page 172
Fair , and mroe fair , you ev'ry grace transmit ; 25 Love , learning , beauty ,
elegance , and wit . Cæsar , the world's unrival'd master , fir'd , In her imperial
soul his own admir'd ! Philippi's vietor wore her winning chain , And felt not
empire's loss ...
Fair , and mroe fair , you ev'ry grace transmit ; 25 Love , learning , beauty ,
elegance , and wit . Cæsar , the world's unrival'd master , fir'd , In her imperial
soul his own admir'd ! Philippi's vietor wore her winning chain , And felt not
empire's loss ...
Page 57
Here Juno stands with an imperial mien , go At once confeft a goddess and a
queen ; Her cheeks a scornful indignation warms , Blots out her smiles , as
conscious of her charnis : But Venus shines in milder beauties there , And ev'ry
grace ...
Here Juno stands with an imperial mien , go At once confeft a goddess and a
queen ; Her cheeks a scornful indignation warms , Blots out her smiles , as
conscious of her charnis : But Venus shines in milder beauties there , And ev'ry
grace ...
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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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