The Canons of Criticism and Glossary Being A Supplement to Mr. Warburton's Edition of Shakespear ... The Sixth Edition, with Additions [with] The Trial of the Letter y, alias Y, and Sonnets [by Thomas Edwards] |
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SONNET XLV. |
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SONNET XLV.
To the Right Honorable Mr.
Onslow, with the
Collection of SONNETS.
Thou, who successive in that honor'd Seat
Presid'st, the feuds of jarring Chiefs to 'swage,
To check the boisterous force of Party rage,
Raise modest worth, and guide the high debate;
Presid'st, the feuds of jarring Chiefs to 'swage,
To check the boisterous force of Party rage,
Raise modest worth, and guide the high debate;
Sometimes retiring from the toils of State,
Thou turn'st th' instructive Greek or Roman page,
Or what our British Bards of later age
In scarce inferior numbers can relate:
Thou turn'st th' instructive Greek or Roman page,
Or what our British Bards of later age
In scarce inferior numbers can relate:
Amid this feast of mind, when “Fancie's Child,”
Sweet Shakespear, raps the Soul to virtuous deed,
When Spenser warbling tunes his Doric lays,
Or the first Man from Paradise exil'd
Great Milton sings; can aught my rustic reed
Presume to sound, that may deserve thy praise?
Sweet Shakespear, raps the Soul to virtuous deed,
When Spenser warbling tunes his Doric lays,
Or the first Man from Paradise exil'd
Great Milton sings; can aught my rustic reed
Presume to sound, that may deserve thy praise?
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