English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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... court , or magnify mankind , Or thy griev'd country's copper chains unbind ; From thy Baotia1 though her pow'r retires , Mourn not , my Swift , at aught our realm acquires . Here pleas'd behold her mighty wings outspread To hatch a new ...
... court , or magnify mankind , Or thy griev'd country's copper chains unbind ; From thy Baotia1 though her pow'r retires , Mourn not , my Swift , at aught our realm acquires . Here pleas'd behold her mighty wings outspread To hatch a new ...
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... court : On each enervate string they taught the note To pant , or tremble through an eunuch's throat . * But Britain , changeful as a child at play , Now calls in princes , and now turns away : Now Whig , now Tory , what we lov'd we ...
... court : On each enervate string they taught the note To pant , or tremble through an eunuch's throat . * But Britain , changeful as a child at play , Now calls in princes , and now turns away : Now Whig , now Tory , what we lov'd we ...
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... court ? Did princely ears to truth attend , What minister could gain his end ? How could he raise his tools to place ... courts and kings . 46 " We country folks , " the clown replies , " Could ope our gracious monarch's eyes . The king ...
... court ? Did princely ears to truth attend , What minister could gain his end ? How could he raise his tools to place ... courts and kings . 46 " We country folks , " the clown replies , " Could ope our gracious monarch's eyes . The king ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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