. An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world, and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ; with a short view of the methods made use of by the antients to supply the want of letters before, and improve the use of them, after they were known . nd Mr. Penyflms in Oxford/lire.\ Tibnr2 Horaces Seat in Italy. E And 34 P O E M S O N And now, methinks5lVe gaind the happy Shade,All carelefs on fome moffy Bank Im laid,And hear foft Mufick die al
. An essay upon literature: or, An enquiry into the antiquity and original of letters; proving that the two tables, written by the finger of God in Mount Sinai, was the first writing in the world, and that all other alphabets derive from the Hebrew ; with a short view of the methods made use of by the antients to supply the want of letters before, and improve the use of them, after they were known . nd Mr. Penyflms in Oxford/lire.\ Tibnr2 Horaces Seat in Italy. E And 34 P O E M S O N And now, methinks5lVe gaind the happy Shade,All carelefs on fome moffy Bank Im laid,And hear foft Mufick die along the Glade:Hark! how the Brook in weeping murmurs flows,Hark ! thro the Trees the musky Zephyr blows,Ye Brooks! ye Zephyrs all continue my Repofe. But now ye Gods! once more exert your Powr,To blefs my Days, and crown the fmiling Hour;Let fweetly-fmiling Pbcebe too be there,Pbabe! the darling Objed: of my Care! My Prayrs are heard; and now,methinks, we^rove,Arm linkd in Arm, thro all the bowry Grove,Whilft Sighs and fpeaking Looks declare how much we thro the interwoven Shades we ftray, The interwoven Shades our Loves difplay; Like SEVERAL OCCASIONS. Like theft we ftand, clafpd in one mutual Tie,Together flourifh, and together die. Now, all ye Powrs! who fill the Thrones above, Heavns all your own; nor do I wifh to prove The Joys, that you can give, fince Pbabe crownsj ■my E 2 SONG 3 POEMS ON
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