The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... stream , So little diftant dangers seem ; So we mistake the future's face , Ey'd through Hope's deluding glass ; As yon fummits soft and fair , Clad in colours of the air , Which , to those who journey near , Barren , brown , and rough ...
... stream , So little diftant dangers seem ; So we mistake the future's face , Ey'd through Hope's deluding glass ; As yon fummits soft and fair , Clad in colours of the air , Which , to those who journey near , Barren , brown , and rough ...
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... 'er their urns , and mournfully among The plaintive - echoing ruins pour their streams . Yet * Fountains at Rome adorned with the ftatues of thofe rivers . Yet here , adventurous in the facred fearch Of ancient DYER'S POEMS .
... 'er their urns , and mournfully among The plaintive - echoing ruins pour their streams . Yet * Fountains at Rome adorned with the ftatues of thofe rivers . Yet here , adventurous in the facred fearch Of ancient DYER'S POEMS .
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... streams , Thy frequent towns fuperb of busy trade , And ports magnific add , and stately fhips , Innumerous . But whither ftrays my Mufe ? Pleas'd , like a traveller upon the strand Arriv'd of bright Augufta : wild he roves , From deck ...
... streams , Thy frequent towns fuperb of busy trade , And ports magnific add , and stately fhips , Innumerous . But whither ftrays my Mufe ? Pleas'd , like a traveller upon the strand Arriv'd of bright Augufta : wild he roves , From deck ...
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... streams . Of graffes are unnumber'd kinds , and all ( Save where foul waters linger on the turf ) . Salubrious . Early mark , when tepid gleams Oft mingle with the pearls of fummer showers , And fwell too hastily the tender plains ...
... streams . Of graffes are unnumber'd kinds , and all ( Save where foul waters linger on the turf ) . Salubrious . Early mark , when tepid gleams Oft mingle with the pearls of fummer showers , And fwell too hastily the tender plains ...
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... stream , While the full clammy fleece the other laves Around , laborious , with repeated toil ; And then refigus him to the funny bank , Where , bleating loud , he shakes his dripping locks . Shear them the fourth or fifth return of ...
... stream , While the full clammy fleece the other laves Around , laborious , with repeated toil ; And then refigus him to the funny bank , Where , bleating loud , he shakes his dripping locks . Shear them the fourth or fifth return of ...
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