Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 - English poetry |
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Page 173
As when the sun walks forth in fiaming gold , Mean plants may smile , and
humble flow'rs unfold , The low - laid lark the distant ether wings , And as she
soars her daring anthem sings ; So when thy charms celestial views create , S My
smiling ...
As when the sun walks forth in fiaming gold , Mean plants may smile , and
humble flow'rs unfold , The low - laid lark the distant ether wings , And as she
soars her daring anthem sings ; So when thy charms celestial views create , S My
smiling ...
Page 124
... of learning too , Thence taste , thence truth , which will from taste ensue ;
Unwilling censure , tho ' a judgment clear , 15 A smile indulgent , and that smile
sincere ; An humble tho'an elevated mind ; A pride its pleasure but to serve
mankind : If ...
... of learning too , Thence taste , thence truth , which will from taste ensue ;
Unwilling censure , tho ' a judgment clear , 15 A smile indulgent , and that smile
sincere ; An humble tho'an elevated mind ; A pride its pleasure but to serve
mankind : If ...
Page 79
... Her eyes o'er ev'ry feature run , The father's beauties and her vwn ; There pleas
'd her image to survey She melts in tenderness away , Smiles o'er the babe , nor
smiles in vain , The babe returns th ' auspicious smile again . Ye Angels ! come ...
... Her eyes o'er ev'ry feature run , The father's beauties and her vwn ; There pleas
'd her image to survey She melts in tenderness away , Smiles o'er the babe , nor
smiles in vain , The babe returns th ' auspicious smile again . Ye Angels ! come ...
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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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