The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44 |
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For him the Nymphs in green forsook the woods , For himn the Nymphs in blue forsook the floods ; In vain the Satyrs rage , the Tritons rave , They bore him heroes in the secret cave . No care destroy'd , no ficķ disorder prey'd ...
For him the Nymphs in green forsook the woods , For himn the Nymphs in blue forsook the floods ; In vain the Satyrs rage , the Tritons rave , They bore him heroes in the secret cave . No care destroy'd , no ficķ disorder prey'd ...
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Green was her robe , and green her wreathie Where - e'er the trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the tarn'd , the pulses beat With new recruits of genial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for all the coming ...
Green was her robe , and green her wreathie Where - e'er the trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the tarn'd , the pulses beat With new recruits of genial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for all the coming ...
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I N , N Britain's ifle , and Arthur's days , When midnight Fairies daunc'd the maze , Liy'd Edwin of the Green ; Edwin , I wis , a gentle youth , Endow'd with courage , sense , and truth ; Though badly shap'd he'd been .
I N , N Britain's ifle , and Arthur's days , When midnight Fairies daunc'd the maze , Liy'd Edwin of the Green ; Edwin , I wis , a gentle youth , Endow'd with courage , sense , and truth ; Though badly shap'd he'd been .
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Ile fpoke , and all a sudden there Light music floats in wanton air ; The monarch leads the queen : The rest their fairy partners found : And Mable trimly tript the ground With Edwin of the Green . a a The dauncing past , the board was ...
Ile fpoke , and all a sudden there Light music floats in wanton air ; The monarch leads the queen : The rest their fairy partners found : And Mable trimly tript the ground With Edwin of the Green . a a The dauncing past , the board was ...
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She paints the purple year with vary'd show , Tips the green gem , and makes the blossom glow . She makes the turgid buds receive the breeze , Expand to leaves , and shade the naked trees . When gathering damps the misty nights diffuse ...
She paints the purple year with vary'd show , Tips the green gem , and makes the blossom glow . She makes the turgid buds receive the breeze , Expand to leaves , and shade the naked trees . When gathering damps the misty nights diffuse ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44 The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, 1779 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2011 |
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