The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... green forfook the woods , For him the Nymphs in blue forfook the floods ; In vain the Satyrs rage , the Tritons rave , They bore him heroes in the fecret cave . No care deftroy'd , no fick disorder prey'd , No bending age his fprightly ...
... green forfook the woods , For him the Nymphs in blue forfook the floods ; In vain the Satyrs rage , the Tritons rave , They bore him heroes in the fecret cave . No care deftroy'd , no fick disorder prey'd , No bending age his fprightly ...
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... Green was her robe , and green her wreath , Where - e'er fhe trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the turn'd , the pulfes beat With new recruits of génial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for all the coming ...
... Green was her robe , and green her wreath , Where - e'er fhe trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the turn'd , the pulfes beat With new recruits of génial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for all the coming ...
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... Green ; Edwin , I wis , a gentle youth , Endow'd with courage , fenfe , and truth , Though badly shap'd he'd been . His mountain back mote well be faid , To measure height against his head , And lift itself above ; Yet , fpite of all ...
... Green ; Edwin , I wis , a gentle youth , Endow'd with courage , fenfe , and truth , Though badly shap'd he'd been . His mountain back mote well be faid , To measure height against his head , And lift itself above ; Yet , fpite of all ...
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... Green . The dauncing paft , the board was laid , And fiker fuch a feaft was made , As heart and lip defire , Withouten hands the dishes fly , The glaffes with a with come nigh , And with a wish retire . But , now to pleafe the fairy ...
... Green . The dauncing paft , the board was laid , And fiker fuch a feaft was made , As heart and lip defire , Withouten hands the dishes fly , The glaffes with a with come nigh , And with a wish retire . But , now to pleafe the fairy ...
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... green gem , and makes the bloffom glow . She makes the turgid buds receive the breeze , Expand to leaves , and fhade the naked trees . When gathering damps the mifty nights diffufe , She sprinkles all the morn with balmy dews ; Bright ...
... green gem , and makes the bloffom glow . She makes the turgid buds receive the breeze , Expand to leaves , and fhade the naked trees . When gathering damps the mifty nights diffufe , She sprinkles all the morn with balmy dews ; Bright ...
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