English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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... strain , And forc'd expression , imitate in vain ? 45 Well - pleas'd in thee he soars with new delight , 50 And plays in more unbounded verse , and takes a nobler flight Blest man ! whose spotless life and charming lays Employ'd the ...
... strain , And forc'd expression , imitate in vain ? 45 Well - pleas'd in thee he soars with new delight , 50 And plays in more unbounded verse , and takes a nobler flight Blest man ! whose spotless life and charming lays Employ'd the ...
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... strain Let the warbling lute complain : Let the loud trumpet sound , Till the roofs all around The shrill echoes rebound : 5 While in more lengthen'd notes and slow , The deep , majestic , solemn organs blow . II Hark ! the numbers soft ...
... strain Let the warbling lute complain : Let the loud trumpet sound , Till the roofs all around The shrill echoes rebound : 5 While in more lengthen'd notes and slow , The deep , majestic , solemn organs blow . II Hark ! the numbers soft ...
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... strain , And feels that grace his pray'r besought in vain ; 220 225 4 230 235 The blessing thrills through all the lab'ring throng , And Heav'n is won by violence of song . 240 Our rural ancestors , with little blest , Patient of labour ...
... strain , And feels that grace his pray'r besought in vain ; 220 225 4 230 235 The blessing thrills through all the lab'ring throng , And Heav'n is won by violence of song . 240 Our rural ancestors , with little blest , Patient of labour ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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