Enlightened England: An Anthology of Eighteenth Century LiteratureW.W. Norton, 1947 - 1248 pages |
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Page 387
... Fall'n , fall'n , a silent heap ; her heroes all Sunk in their urns ; behold the pride of pomp , The throne of nations fall'n ; obscur'd in dust ; Ev'n yet majestical : the solemn scene Elates the soul , while now the rising sun Flames ...
... Fall'n , fall'n , a silent heap ; her heroes all Sunk in their urns ; behold the pride of pomp , The throne of nations fall'n ; obscur'd in dust ; Ev'n yet majestical : the solemn scene Elates the soul , while now the rising sun Flames ...
Page 416
... fall his scorn'd affairs . ' Tis nought but gloom around . The darken'd sun Loses his light . The rosy - bosom'd ... falls : while borne away , On swelling thought , his wafted spirit flies To the vain bosom of his distant fair ; And ...
... fall his scorn'd affairs . ' Tis nought but gloom around . The darken'd sun Loses his light . The rosy - bosom'd ... falls : while borne away , On swelling thought , his wafted spirit flies To the vain bosom of his distant fair ; And ...
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... fall , she will fall by no ignoble hand . It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France , then the dauphiness , at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb , which she hardly seemed to touch , a more ...
... fall , she will fall by no ignoble hand . It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the Queen of France , then the dauphiness , at Versailles ; and surely never lighted on this orb , which she hardly seemed to touch , a more ...
Contents
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Daniel Defoe | 11 |
Isaac Watts | 57 |
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