The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... appear ; Still we tread the fame coarfe way , The present ' s ftill a cloudy day . I with myself agree , O may And never covet what I fee : Content me with an humble fhade , My paffions tam'd , my wifhes laid ; For , while our wishes ...
... appear ; Still we tread the fame coarfe way , The present ' s ftill a cloudy day . I with myself agree , O may And never covet what I fee : Content me with an humble fhade , My paffions tam'd , my wifhes laid ; For , while our wishes ...
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... appears Above the foamy flood . Globofe and huge , Grey - mouldering temples fwell , and wide o'ercaft The folitary landscape , hills and woods , And boundless wilds ; while the vine - mantled brows The pendent goats unveil , regardless ...
... appears Above the foamy flood . Globofe and huge , Grey - mouldering temples fwell , and wide o'ercaft The folitary landscape , hills and woods , And boundless wilds ; while the vine - mantled brows The pendent goats unveil , regardless ...
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... Appear'd , as when above the morning hills Half the round fun afcends ; and tower'd aloft , Suftain'd by columns huge , innumerous As cedars proud on Canaan's verdant heights Darkening their idols , when Aftarte lur'd Too - profperous ...
... Appear'd , as when above the morning hills Half the round fun afcends ; and tower'd aloft , Suftain'd by columns huge , innumerous As cedars proud on Canaan's verdant heights Darkening their idols , when Aftarte lur'd Too - profperous ...
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... Appear but tufts ; as may whate'er is high Sink in comparison , minute and vile . Thefe , and unnumber'd , yet their brows uplift , Rent of their graces ; as Britannia's oaks On Merlin's mount , or Snowden's rugged fides , Stand in the ...
... Appear but tufts ; as may whate'er is high Sink in comparison , minute and vile . Thefe , and unnumber'd , yet their brows uplift , Rent of their graces ; as Britannia's oaks On Merlin's mount , or Snowden's rugged fides , Stand in the ...
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... appears . Her cots arise , Green twigs of ofier weave the slender walls , Green rushes spread the roofs ; and here and there Opens beneath the rock the gloomy cave . Elate with joy Etrufcan Tiber views Her fpreading fcenes enameling his ...
... appears . Her cots arise , Green twigs of ofier weave the slender walls , Green rushes spread the roofs ; and here and there Opens beneath the rock the gloomy cave . Elate with joy Etrufcan Tiber views Her fpreading fcenes enameling his ...
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