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IO Th ' almighty voice bid ancient Night Her endless realms resign , And lo , ten thousand globes of light In fields of azure shine . Now Wisdom with superior sway Guides the vast moving frame , Whilst all the ranks of being pay Deep ...
IO Th ' almighty voice bid ancient Night Her endless realms resign , And lo , ten thousand globes of light In fields of azure shine . Now Wisdom with superior sway Guides the vast moving frame , Whilst all the ranks of being pay Deep ...
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Let then the fair one beautifully cry , In Magdalen's loose hair and lifted eye , Or , dress'd in smiles of sweet Cecilia shine , With simp'ring angels , palms , and harps divine ; Whether the charmer sinner it , or saint it , If folly ...
Let then the fair one beautifully cry , In Magdalen's loose hair and lifted eye , Or , dress'd in smiles of sweet Cecilia shine , With simp'ring angels , palms , and harps divine ; Whether the charmer sinner it , or saint it , If folly ...
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... all the tracts of air , The sacred Spirit so may rest With quick'ning beams upon thy breast , And kindly clean it all within From darker blemishes of sin , And shine with grace , until we view The realm it gilds with glory too .
... all the tracts of air , The sacred Spirit so may rest With quick'ning beams upon thy breast , And kindly clean it all within From darker blemishes of sin , And shine with grace , until we view The realm it gilds with glory too .
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Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR I | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century |
| Editor | Cecil Albert Moore |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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