The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... vain the barns expect their promis'd load , Nor barns at home , nor reeks are heap'd abroad : In vain the hinds the threshing - floor prepare , And exercife their flails in empty air . With olives ever green the ground is strow'd , And ...
... vain the barns expect their promis'd load , Nor barns at home , nor reeks are heap'd abroad : In vain the hinds the threshing - floor prepare , And exercife their flails in empty air . With olives ever green the ground is strow'd , And ...
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... vain , and I pronounce his doom : My brothers , though unjustly , shall o'ercome . But , having pay'd their injur'd ghosts their due , My son requires my death , and mine shall his pursue , At this for the last time the lifts her hand ...
... vain , and I pronounce his doom : My brothers , though unjustly , shall o'ercome . But , having pay'd their injur'd ghosts their due , My son requires my death , and mine shall his pursue , At this for the last time the lifts her hand ...
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... vain Would offer to describe his fifters ' pain : They beat their breasts with many a bruising blow , Till they turn livid , and corrupt the fnow . The corpfe they cherish , while the corpfe remains , And exercise and rub with fruitless ...
... vain Would offer to describe his fifters ' pain : They beat their breasts with many a bruising blow , Till they turn livid , and corrupt the fnow . The corpfe they cherish , while the corpfe remains , And exercise and rub with fruitless ...
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... vain , and I pronounce his doom : My brothers , though unjustly , fhall o'ercome . But , having pay'd their injur'd ghofts their due , My fon requires my death , and mine fhall his pursue . At this for the last time the lifts her hand ...
... vain , and I pronounce his doom : My brothers , though unjustly , fhall o'ercome . But , having pay'd their injur'd ghofts their due , My fon requires my death , and mine fhall his pursue . At this for the last time the lifts her hand ...
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... vain of tongue , or like to lie . I faw myself the garlands on their boughs , And tablets hung for gifts of granted vows ; And offering frefher up , with pious prayer , The good , faid I , are God's peculiar care , And fuch as honour ...
... vain of tongue , or like to lie . I faw myself the garlands on their boughs , And tablets hung for gifts of granted vows ; And offering frefher up , with pious prayer , The good , faid I , are God's peculiar care , And fuch as honour ...
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