The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... Nature fhews no profpect of return . Nor cows for cows confume with fruitless fire ; Nor mares , when hot , their fellow - mares defire : The father of the fold fupplies his ewes ; The tag through fecret woods his hind purfues ; And ...
... Nature fhews no profpect of return . Nor cows for cows confume with fruitless fire ; Nor mares , when hot , their fellow - mares defire : The father of the fold fupplies his ewes ; The tag through fecret woods his hind purfues ; And ...
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... can enjoy the fair ; ' Tis paft the power of heaven to grant my prayer . Heaven has been kind , as far as heaven can be ; Our parents with our own defires agree ; But But Nature , ftronger than the Gods above , Refuses 28 TRANSLATIONS.
... can enjoy the fair ; ' Tis paft the power of heaven to grant my prayer . Heaven has been kind , as far as heaven can be ; Our parents with our own defires agree ; But But Nature , ftronger than the Gods above , Refuses 28 TRANSLATIONS.
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. But Nature , ftronger than the Gods above , Refuses her affistance to my love ; She sets the bar that causes all my pain : One gift refus'd makes all their bounty vain . And now ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. But Nature , ftronger than the Gods above , Refuses her affistance to my love ; She sets the bar that causes all my pain : One gift refus'd makes all their bounty vain . And now ...
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... Nature fhews no profpect of return . Nor cows for cows confume with fruitless fire ; Nor mares , when hot , their fellow - mares defire : The father of the fold fupplies his ewes ; The tag through fecret woods his hind pursues ; And ...
... Nature fhews no profpect of return . Nor cows for cows confume with fruitless fire ; Nor mares , when hot , their fellow - mares defire : The father of the fold fupplies his ewes ; The tag through fecret woods his hind pursues ; And ...
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... in ivory fuch a maid , fo fair , As nature could not with his art compare , Were the to work ; but , in her own defence , Muft take her pattern here , and copy hence . Pleas'd Pleas'd with his idol , he commends , admires , 32 TRANSLATIONS.
... in ivory fuch a maid , fo fair , As nature could not with his art compare , Were the to work ; but , in her own defence , Muft take her pattern here , and copy hence . Pleas'd Pleas'd with his idol , he commends , admires , 32 TRANSLATIONS.
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