Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 - English poetry |
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... wild disorder thrown , Thus sigh'd Alexis , friendless , and alone --- Why do I breathe ? --- What joy can being give , When she who gave me life forgets I live ! Feels not these wintry blasts --- nor heeds my smart , But shuts me from ...
... wild disorder thrown , Thus sigh'd Alexis , friendless , and alone --- Why do I breathe ? --- What joy can being give , When she who gave me life forgets I live ! Feels not these wintry blasts --- nor heeds my smart , But shuts me from ...
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... wild zeal ! the God of Peace ? Nor less abuse has scourg'd the civil state , When a king's will became a nation's fate . Enormous pow'r ! nor noble nor serene ; Now fierce and cruel ; now but wild and mean . 120 See titles sold to raise ...
... wild zeal ! the God of Peace ? Nor less abuse has scourg'd the civil state , When a king's will became a nation's fate . Enormous pow'r ! nor noble nor serene ; Now fierce and cruel ; now but wild and mean . 120 See titles sold to raise ...
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... wild ! 170 " Here first Credulity on Reason won , " And here false Zeal mysterious rants begun : " Here Love impearls each moment with a tear , " And Superstition owes to Spleen her fear ! 3 " Fantastic lightnings , thro ' the dreary ...
... wild ! 170 " Here first Credulity on Reason won , " And here false Zeal mysterious rants begun : " Here Love impearls each moment with a tear , " And Superstition owes to Spleen her fear ! 3 " Fantastic lightnings , thro ' the dreary ...
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