English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore H. Holt and Company, 1935 - 942 pages |
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... PRAISE [ 1706 ] Almighty Maker God ! How wondrous is thy name ! Thy glories how diffus'd abroad Through the creation's frame ! Nature in ev'ry dress But pride , that busy sin , Spoils all that I perform , Curs'd ... PRAISE 91 Sincere Praise.
... PRAISE [ 1706 ] Almighty Maker God ! How wondrous is thy name ! Thy glories how diffus'd abroad Through the creation's frame ! Nature in ev'ry dress But pride , that busy sin , Spoils all that I perform , Curs'd ... PRAISE 91 Sincere Praise.
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... praise- Who but must laugh , if such a man there be ? Who would not weep , if Atticus were he ? 1 What though my name stood rubric on the walls , Or plaster'd posts , with claps , in capitals ? Or smoking forth , a hundred hawkers ...
... praise- Who but must laugh , if such a man there be ? Who would not weep , if Atticus were he ? 1 What though my name stood rubric on the walls , Or plaster'd posts , with claps , in capitals ? Or smoking forth , a hundred hawkers ...
Page 273
... praise him , in or out . F. Then why so few commended ? P. Not so fierce ; you the virtue , and I'll find the verse . Find But random praise - the task can ne'er be done ; Each mother asks it for her booby son , Each widow asks it for ...
... praise him , in or out . F. Then why so few commended ? P. Not so fierce ; you the virtue , and I'll find the verse . Find But random praise - the task can ne'er be done ; Each mother asks it for her booby son , Each widow asks it for ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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