Coopers-hill: A Poem,H. Hills, 1709 - 16 pages |
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... lefs conteft did move , Than when for Homer's Birth feven Cities ftrove ) Like him in Birth , thou should't be like in Fame , ( As thine his Fate , if mine had been his Flame ) But whofoe'r it was , Nature defign'd First a brave place ...
... lefs conteft did move , Than when for Homer's Birth feven Cities ftrove ) Like him in Birth , thou should't be like in Fame , ( As thine his Fate , if mine had been his Flame ) But whofoe'r it was , Nature defign'd First a brave place ...
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... lefs Than the defign , has been the great fuccefs : Which Foreign Kings and Emperours esteem The fecond honour to their Diadem . Had thy great Destiny but giv'n the skill , To know , as well as power to act her will , That from thofe ...
... lefs Than the defign , has been the great fuccefs : Which Foreign Kings and Emperours esteem The fecond honour to their Diadem . Had thy great Destiny but giv'n the skill , To know , as well as power to act her will , That from thofe ...
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... refemblance hold , VVhofe foam is Amber , and their Gravel Gold ; His genuine , and lefs guilty wealth t ' explore , Search not his bottom , but furvey his fhore + Thames O're ( II ) O're which he kindly fpreads his fpacious ( 10 )
... refemblance hold , VVhofe foam is Amber , and their Gravel Gold ; His genuine , and lefs guilty wealth t ' explore , Search not his bottom , but furvey his fhore + Thames O're ( II ) O're which he kindly fpreads his fpacious ( 10 )
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... fhall vifit Jove's aboads , To fhine amongst the Stars , and bathe the Gods , AVY Here Nature , whether more intent to pleafe The Forreft Us , or her felf , with ftrange varieties , ( For things of wonder give no lefs delight To.
... fhall vifit Jove's aboads , To fhine amongst the Stars , and bathe the Gods , AVY Here Nature , whether more intent to pleafe The Forreft Us , or her felf , with ftrange varieties , ( For things of wonder give no lefs delight To.
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A Poem, Sir John Denham. ( For things of wonder give no lefs delight To the wife Makers , than Beholders fight . Though thefe delights from feveral caufes move For fo our Children , thus our Friends we love ) Wifely she knew the harmony ...
A Poem, Sir John Denham. ( For things of wonder give no lefs delight To the wife Makers , than Beholders fight . Though thefe delights from feveral caufes move For fo our Children , thus our Friends we love ) Wifely she knew the harmony ...
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