A Select Collection of Poems:: With Notes, Biographical and Historical, Том 3John Nichols J. Nichols, 1780 |
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Æneid againſt ANACREON beauty blefs bleft breaft caufe Chanter charms Chriftian Church Dean defign divine eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fcorn fear feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould fight filly fing firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep fmile foes foft fome fong foon foul fpirit friends ftand ftill ftreams fuch fure fweet glory grace Heaven HENRY SACHEVERELL himſelf honour houſe itſelf JOHN EATON juft King LADY laft laſt lefs loft Magdalen College mighty moft moſt Mufe mufic muft muſt ne'er never numbers nymphs o'er paffions PARNELL peace pleaſe pleaſure poems Poets praiſe prefent Prelate pride Prieſts prifon rage raiſe reft rife riſe ſhall ſhe ſhow ſky ſtand Tadlow thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought trembling Twas verfe Verger verſe Whilft whofe William Fennor worfe
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