The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... soft and fair , Clad in colours of the air , Which , to those who journey near , Barren , brown , and rough appear ; Still we tread the fame coarfe way , The present ' s ftill a cloudy day . I with myself agree , O may And never covet ...
... soft and fair , Clad in colours of the air , Which , to those who journey near , Barren , brown , and rough appear ; Still we tread the fame coarfe way , The present ' s ftill a cloudy day . I with myself agree , O may And never covet ...
Page 34
... soft Iberia spreads her lap Beneath their rugged feet , and names their heghts Bifcaian or Segovian . Bothnic realms , And dark Norwegian , with their choiceft fields , Dingles , and dells , by lofty fir embower'd , In vain the bleaters ...
... soft Iberia spreads her lap Beneath their rugged feet , and names their heghts Bifcaian or Segovian . Bothnic realms , And dark Norwegian , with their choiceft fields , Dingles , and dells , by lofty fir embower'd , In vain the bleaters ...
Page 59
... soft treasures : let the bulky wain Through dufty roads roll nodding ; or the bark , That filently adown the cerule stream Glides with white fails , difpenfe the downy freight To copfy villages on either fide , And fpiry towns , where ...
... soft treasures : let the bulky wain Through dufty roads roll nodding ; or the bark , That filently adown the cerule stream Glides with white fails , difpenfe the downy freight To copfy villages on either fide , And fpiry towns , where ...
Page 60
... soft warmth improv'd : Or let them inward heat and vigor find , By food of cole or turnep , hardy plants . Befides , * The fhepherds of Apulia , Tarentum , and Attica , ufed to cloath their fheep with skins , to preserve and improve ...
... soft warmth improv'd : Or let them inward heat and vigor find , By food of cole or turnep , hardy plants . Befides , * The fhepherds of Apulia , Tarentum , and Attica , ufed to cloath their fheep with skins , to preserve and improve ...
Page 69
... soft joy , Each aid of life , her busy wit reftor'd ; Science reviv'd , with all the lovely Arts , And all the Graces . Reftituted Trade To every Virtue lent his helping ftores , And chear'd the vales around ; again the pipe , And ...
... soft joy , Each aid of life , her busy wit reftor'd ; Science reviv'd , with all the lovely Arts , And all the Graces . Reftituted Trade To every Virtue lent his helping ftores , And chear'd the vales around ; again the pipe , And ...
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