The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... , What a landskip lies below ! No clouds , no vapours intervene ; But the gay , the open scene , Does the face of Nature fhow , In all the hues of Heaven's bow ! And , And , fwelling to embrace the light , Spreads around DYER'S POEM S.
... , What a landskip lies below ! No clouds , no vapours intervene ; But the gay , the open scene , Does the face of Nature fhow , In all the hues of Heaven's bow ! And , And , fwelling to embrace the light , Spreads around DYER'S POEM S.
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... scene Sees not the dervife from the spiral tomb Of ancient Chammos , while his eye beholds Proud Memphis ' reliques o'er th ' Ægyptian plain : Nor hoary hermit from Hymettus ' brow , Though graceful Athens , in the vale beneath . Along ...
... scene Sees not the dervife from the spiral tomb Of ancient Chammos , while his eye beholds Proud Memphis ' reliques o'er th ' Ægyptian plain : Nor hoary hermit from Hymettus ' brow , Though graceful Athens , in the vale beneath . Along ...
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... scene , Where Cæfars , heroes , peasants , hermits lie , Blended in duft together ; where the slave Refts from his labours ; where th ' infulting proud Refigns his power ; the mifer drops his hoard ; Where human folly fleeps . - There ...
... scene , Where Cæfars , heroes , peasants , hermits lie , Blended in duft together ; where the slave Refts from his labours ; where th ' infulting proud Refigns his power ; the mifer drops his hoard ; Where human folly fleeps . - There ...
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... scene The Poet chofe , to tune th ' ennobling rhimè Melodious ; ev'n the rugged fons of war , Ev'n the rude hinds rever'd the Poet's name : But now - another age , alas ! is ours- Yet will the Muse a little longer foar , Unless the ...
... scene The Poet chofe , to tune th ' ennobling rhimè Melodious ; ev'n the rugged fons of war , Ev'n the rude hinds rever'd the Poet's name : But now - another age , alas ! is ours- Yet will the Muse a little longer foar , Unless the ...
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... Scene behind fcene , with fair delufive pomp Enrich the prospect , but they rob the lawns . Nor prickly brambles , white with woolly theft , Should tuft thy fields . Applaud not the remifs Dimetians † , who , along their mofly dales , D ...
... Scene behind fcene , with fair delufive pomp Enrich the prospect , but they rob the lawns . Nor prickly brambles , white with woolly theft , Should tuft thy fields . Applaud not the remifs Dimetians † , who , along their mofly dales , D ...
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