The Beauties of the Poets; Or, a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry from the Most Eminent AuthorsJ. Fry, 1777 - 317 pages |
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... endless woes ? Inexplicable Thy justice seems ; yet to say truth , too late I thus conteft ; then should have been refus'd Those terms whatever , when they were propos'd : Thou didst accept them ; wilt thou enjoy the good Then cavil the ...
... endless woes ? Inexplicable Thy justice seems ; yet to say truth , too late I thus conteft ; then should have been refus'd Those terms whatever , when they were propos'd : Thou didst accept them ; wilt thou enjoy the good Then cavil the ...
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... endless mifery From this day onward , which I feel begun Both in me , and without me , and so last To perpetuity : Ay me , that fear Comes thund'ring back with dreadful revolution On my defenceless head ; both death and I Am found ...
... endless mifery From this day onward , which I feel begun Both in me , and without me , and so last To perpetuity : Ay me , that fear Comes thund'ring back with dreadful revolution On my defenceless head ; both death and I Am found ...
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... endless pain ; Vain thought -- for see from far a heav'nly ray , Gilds the brown horror with unwelcome day , Whilft the pale fpectres wink , and flit away . Hell hears , and trembles to its utmost bounds , He comes , th ' Almighty comes ...
... endless pain ; Vain thought -- for see from far a heav'nly ray , Gilds the brown horror with unwelcome day , Whilft the pale fpectres wink , and flit away . Hell hears , and trembles to its utmost bounds , He comes , th ' Almighty comes ...
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... endless good diffuse , and endless praise receive . As through the artift's intervening glass , Our eye obferves F 3 As THE POETS . 65.
... endless good diffuse , and endless praise receive . As through the artift's intervening glass , Our eye obferves F 3 As THE POETS . 65.
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... endless woc . But the good man , whose foul is pure , Unfpotted , regular , and free From all the ftains of luft and villainy , Of mercy , and of pardon fure , Looks through the darkness of the gloomy night , And fees the dawning of a ...
... endless woc . But the good man , whose foul is pure , Unfpotted , regular , and free From all the ftains of luft and villainy , Of mercy , and of pardon fure , Looks through the darkness of the gloomy night , And fees the dawning of a ...
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