Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... glory then , when thou no more wast good , Blest pair ; and O yet happiest , if ye seek No happier state , and know to know no more . Now had Night measur'd with her shadowy cone Ilalf way up hill this vast sublunar vault , And from ...
... glory then , when thou no more wast good , Blest pair ; and O yet happiest , if ye seek No happier state , and know to know no more . Now had Night measur'd with her shadowy cone Ilalf way up hill this vast sublunar vault , And from ...
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... glory I behold In full resplendence , heir of all my might , Nearly it now concerns us to be sure Of our omnipotence , and with what arms We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire : such a foe Is rising , who intends to ...
... glory I behold In full resplendence , heir of all my might , Nearly it now concerns us to be sure Of our omnipotence , and with what arms We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of deity or empire : such a foe Is rising , who intends to ...
Page 63
... glory , and to their glory nam'd ' Thrones , dominations , princedoms , virtues , powers , Essential powers ; nor by his reign obscur'd , But more illustrious made ; since he the head One of our number thus reduc'd becomes ; His laws ...
... glory , and to their glory nam'd ' Thrones , dominations , princedoms , virtues , powers , Essential powers ; nor by his reign obscur'd , But more illustrious made ; since he the head One of our number thus reduc'd becomes ; His laws ...
Page 64
... glory of that vic - To darken all the hill , and smoke to roll - So spake the Sovran Voice , and clouds began tory : he , in the power of his Father , coming to In dusky wreaths , reluctant flames , the sign the place , and causing all ...
... glory of that vic - To darken all the hill , and smoke to roll - So spake the Sovran Voice , and clouds began tory : he , in the power of his Father , coming to In dusky wreaths , reluctant flames , the sign the place , and causing all ...
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... glory aspires Vain - glorious , and through infamy seeks fame , Therefore eternal silence be their doom . [ swerv'd , " And now , their mightiest quell'd , the battle With many an inroad gor'd ; deformed rout Enter'd , and foul disorder ...
... glory aspires Vain - glorious , and through infamy seeks fame , Therefore eternal silence be their doom . [ swerv'd , " And now , their mightiest quell'd , the battle With many an inroad gor'd ; deformed rout Enter'd , and foul disorder ...
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