The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... God , in lawrel crown'd , Wakes all the ravish'd hours with filver found . Ye fields , ye forefts , own Dione's reign , And Delia , huntress Delia , fhun the plain . Let Let thofe love now , who never lov'd before , THE VIGIL OF VENUS . 32.
... God , in lawrel crown'd , Wakes all the ravish'd hours with filver found . Ye fields , ye forefts , own Dione's reign , And Delia , huntress Delia , fhun the plain . Let Let thofe love now , who never lov'd before , THE VIGIL OF VENUS . 32.
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... field . . To fill the prefence of the gentle court , From every quarter rural nymphs refort . From woods , from mountains , from their humble vales , From waters curling with the wanton gales . Pleas'd with the joyful train , the ...
... field . . To fill the prefence of the gentle court , From every quarter rural nymphs refort . From woods , from mountains , from their humble vales , From waters curling with the wanton gales . Pleas'd with the joyful train , the ...
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... fields of fight ; How threatening mice advanc'd with warlike grace , And wag'd dire combats with the croaking race . Not louder tumults fhook Olympus ' towers , When earth - born giants dar'd immortal powers . Thefe equal acts an equal ...
... fields of fight ; How threatening mice advanc'd with warlike grace , And wag'd dire combats with the croaking race . Not louder tumults fhook Olympus ' towers , When earth - born giants dar'd immortal powers . Thefe equal acts an equal ...
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... fields : And tapering fea - reeds for the polish'd spear , With upright order pierc'd the ambient air . Thus drefs'd for war , they take th ' appointed height , Poize the long arms , and urge the promis'd fight . But now , where Jove's ...
... fields : And tapering fea - reeds for the polish'd spear , With upright order pierc'd the ambient air . Thus drefs'd for war , they take th ' appointed height , Poize the long arms , and urge the promis'd fight . But now , where Jove's ...
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... field , And funk for flumber on my fwelling shield ; Lo from the deep , repelling fweet repofe , With noify croakings half the nation rofe : Devoid of rest , with aching brows I lay , Till cocks proclaim'd the crimson dawn of day . Let ...
... field , And funk for flumber on my fwelling shield ; Lo from the deep , repelling fweet repofe , With noify croakings half the nation rofe : Devoid of rest , with aching brows I lay , Till cocks proclaim'd the crimson dawn of day . Let ...
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