The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... hence afcending fires ! Half his beams Apollo fheds On the yellow mountain - heads ! Gilds the fleeces of the flocks , And glitters on the broken rocks ! Below me trees unnumber'd rife , Beautiful in various dyes : The gloomy pine , the ...
... hence afcending fires ! Half his beams Apollo fheds On the yellow mountain - heads ! Gilds the fleeces of the flocks , And glitters on the broken rocks ! Below me trees unnumber'd rife , Beautiful in various dyes : The gloomy pine , the ...
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... Hence over airy plains , by cryftal founts , That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapfe , Among the fleeky pebbles , agate clear , Cerulean ophite , and the flowery vein Of orient jafper , pleas'd I move along , And And vafes ...
... Hence over airy plains , by cryftal founts , That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapfe , Among the fleeky pebbles , agate clear , Cerulean ophite , and the flowery vein Of orient jafper , pleas'd I move along , And And vafes ...
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... hence , Nigh where the Ceftian pyramid divides * The mouldering wall , beyond yon fabrick huge , Whofe duft the folemn antiquarian turns , And thence , in broken fculptures cast abroad , Like Sibyl's leaves , collects the builder's name ...
... hence , Nigh where the Ceftian pyramid divides * The mouldering wall , beyond yon fabrick huge , Whofe duft the folemn antiquarian turns , And thence , in broken fculptures cast abroad , Like Sibyl's leaves , collects the builder's name ...
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... hence conveys ; and every realm and state With Rome's august remains , heroes and gods , Deck their long galleries and winding groves ; Yet mifs we not th ' innumerable , thefts , Yet ftill profuse of graces teems the waste . Suffice it ...
... hence conveys ; and every realm and state With Rome's august remains , heroes and gods , Deck their long galleries and winding groves ; Yet mifs we not th ' innumerable , thefts , Yet ftill profuse of graces teems the waste . Suffice it ...
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... Hence , tender in his care , the shepherd swain Seeks each contrivance . Here it would avail , At a meet distance from the upland ridge , To fink a trench , and on the hedge - long bank Sow frequent fand , with lime , and dark manure ...
... Hence , tender in his care , the shepherd swain Seeks each contrivance . Here it would avail , At a meet distance from the upland ridge , To fink a trench , and on the hedge - long bank Sow frequent fand , with lime , and dark manure ...
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