The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... leaves his home , And wends to find the ruin'd dome . All on the gloomy plain . As there he bides , it fo befell , The wind came ruftling down a dell , A fhaking feiz'd the wall ; Up fpring the tapers as before , The fairies bragly foot ...
... leaves his home , And wends to find the ruin'd dome . All on the gloomy plain . As there he bides , it fo befell , The wind came ruftling down a dell , A fhaking feiz'd the wall ; Up fpring the tapers as before , The fairies bragly foot ...
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... leaves , and fhade the naked trees . When gathering damps the mifty nights diffufe , She sprinkles all the morn with balmy dews ; Bright trembling pearls depend at every spray , And , kept from falling , feem to fall away . A gloffy ...
... leaves , and fhade the naked trees . When gathering damps the mifty nights diffufe , She sprinkles all the morn with balmy dews ; Bright trembling pearls depend at every spray , And , kept from falling , feem to fall away . A gloffy ...
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... leaves : Here Wit's enchanting 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 ...
... leaves : Here Wit's enchanting 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 ...
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... leaf ! Here half an acre's corn is half a sheaf , Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fide , and torrents at their feet , Or lazy lakes , unconfcious of a flood , Whofe dull brown Naiads ever fleep in mud . Yet ...
... leaf ! Here half an acre's corn is half a sheaf , Here hills with naked heads the tempeft meet , Rocks at their fide , and torrents at their feet , Or lazy lakes , unconfcious of a flood , Whofe dull brown Naiads ever fleep in mud . Yet ...
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... leaves , The chirping birds from all the compass rove To tempt the tuneful echoes of the grove : High funny fummits , deeply - shaded dales , Thick mofly banks , and flowery winding vales . With various profpect gratify the fight , And ...
... leaves , The chirping birds from all the compass rove To tempt the tuneful echoes of the grove : High funny fummits , deeply - shaded dales , Thick mofly banks , and flowery winding vales . With various profpect gratify the fight , And ...
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