ISBN: 9781130513820

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 80 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 80 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1758 Excerpt: . . . to sind, The pains she selt repaid in kind; No rape revengd, no room for strise, Atrides might have kept his wise, Old Troy in peace and plenty fmild But the d best poem had been fpoild. How did my heart with joy run oer, When to the famd Cecropian shore, Wafted by gentle breezes, we Came gliding thro the smooth still sea! While backward rovd my busy thought On deeds in distant ages wrought; On tyrants gloriously withstood; On seas distaind with Persian blood; On trophies raisd oer hills of slain In Marathons unrivald plain. Then, as around I cast my eye, And viewd the pleasing prospect nigh, The land for arms and arts renownd, Where wit was honourd, poets crownd Whose manners and whose rules resind Our souls, and civilizd mankind; Or (yet a loftier pitch to raise Our wonder, and compleat its praise) The land that e Platos master bore--How did my heart with joy run oer! Now coasting on the eastern side, We peepd where Peneus rolls his tide: Where Arethusa came t appease The shepherd that had lost his bees, And led him to Cyrenes grott; Tis a long tale, and matters not. Dryden will tell you all that past; See, Virgils Georgics, book the last. I speak ont, but to let you know This grott still stands in statu quo; Of which if any doubts remain, Ive proof, as follows, clear and plain. e Socrates. Here, sisters, we such honours met Such honours I fiiull neer forget. The Goddess (no uncommon case) Proud, I suppose, to shew her place, Or piqud perhaps at your renown, Sent Boreas to invite us down; And he so pressd it, that we usd Some pains to get ourselves excusd. My brother shipmates, all in haste Declard, that shells were not their taste; And I had f somewhere seen, you know, A siner grott than she could mew. Hence let the Muse . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<

ISBN: 1130513823

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