The Poetical Preceptor: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry; Extracted from the Works of the Most Eminent English Poets. ... And Calculated for the Use, Not Only of Schools, But of Private GentlemenPrinted only for S. Crowder, 1780 - 344 pages |
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... Morning Hymn of Adam and Eve Raphael's Defcent from Heaven to Paradife 193 el 194 195 ibid 196 197 198 Encounter between Abdiel and Satan : Beginning of the first Battle of the Angels 199 Encounter between Michael and Satan 200 Address ...
... Morning Hymn of Adam and Eve Raphael's Defcent from Heaven to Paradife 193 el 194 195 ibid 196 197 198 Encounter between Abdiel and Satan : Beginning of the first Battle of the Angels 199 Encounter between Michael and Satan 200 Address ...
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... Morning Another The charming Notes of the Nightingale The fame A worthless Perfon can claim no Merit from the Vir- tues of his Ancestors The Love of our Country the greatest of Virtues The fame - In what Philofophy really confifts ...
... Morning Another The charming Notes of the Nightingale The fame A worthless Perfon can claim no Merit from the Vir- tues of his Ancestors The Love of our Country the greatest of Virtues The fame - In what Philofophy really confifts ...
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... morn , A Butterfly ( but newly born ) Sat proudly perking on a rofe , With pert conceit his bofom glows ; His wings ... morning's care ? Why with The POETICAL The Butterfly and Snail; a Fable.
... morn , A Butterfly ( but newly born ) Sat proudly perking on a rofe , With pert conceit his bofom glows ; His wings ... morning's care ? Why with The POETICAL The Butterfly and Snail; a Fable.
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... morning's care ? Why with new arts correct the year ? Why grows the peach with crimson hue ? And why the plum's inviting blue ? Were they to feaft his tafte defign'd , That vermin of voracious kind ? Crush then the flow , the pilf'ring ...
... morning's care ? Why with new arts correct the year ? Why grows the peach with crimson hue ? And why the plum's inviting blue ? Were they to feaft his tafte defign'd , That vermin of voracious kind ? Crush then the flow , the pilf'ring ...
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... morn , Would fee his horfes eat their corn : This funk the hoftler's vails , ' tis true ; But then his horfes had their due . Were we fo cautious in all cafes , Small gain would rife from greater places . The manger now had all it's ...
... morn , Would fee his horfes eat their corn : This funk the hoftler's vails , ' tis true ; But then his horfes had their due . Were we fo cautious in all cafes , Small gain would rife from greater places . The manger now had all it's ...
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bafe beft beneath bleffing bleft blifs bofom breaft breath charms Dæmons delight dreft earth erft Eurydice Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fame fate fcene fecret feek feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhape fhine fhould fide fight filent fing firft fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmile foar foft folemn fome fong fool foon foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream ftrong fuch fwain fweet fwell guife happy heart heav'n himſelf honour juft laft lefs loft lyre mind moft mufe mufic muft nature nature's ne'er night nymphs o'er paffion pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride profpect purfue reafon reft rife rofe round SHAKESPEARE thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil Twas virtue whofe wife wind wings worfe youth