The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... delight , And op'd the gloomy caverns , whence out - rufh`d Before th ' innumerable fhouting crowd The fiery , madded , tyrants of the wilds , Lions and tigers , wolves and elephants , And defperate men , more fell . Abhorr'd intent ...
... delight , And op'd the gloomy caverns , whence out - rufh`d Before th ' innumerable fhouting crowd The fiery , madded , tyrants of the wilds , Lions and tigers , wolves and elephants , And defperate men , more fell . Abhorr'd intent ...
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... delight , while that , rever'd * In ancient day , the page alone declares , Or narrow coin through dim cærulean ruft . The fane was Jove's , its spacious golden roof , O'er thick - furrounding temples beaming wide , Appear'd , as when ...
... delight , while that , rever'd * In ancient day , the page alone declares , Or narrow coin through dim cærulean ruft . The fane was Jove's , its spacious golden roof , O'er thick - furrounding temples beaming wide , Appear'd , as when ...
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... delight in tuneful airs ; In masque and dance excel ; to sculptur'd stone Give with superior skill the living look ; More pompous piles erect , or pencil foft With warmer touch the vifionary board : But thou , thy nobler Britons teach ...
... delight in tuneful airs ; In masque and dance excel ; to sculptur'd stone Give with superior skill the living look ; More pompous piles erect , or pencil foft With warmer touch the vifionary board : But thou , thy nobler Britons teach ...
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... delight of human - kind . Three nodding ifles remain ; the reft an heap Of fand and weeds ; her thrines , her radiant roofs , And columns proud , that from her spacious floor , As from a fhining fea , majeftic rofe An hundred foot aloft ...
... delight of human - kind . Three nodding ifles remain ; the reft an heap Of fand and weeds ; her thrines , her radiant roofs , And columns proud , that from her spacious floor , As from a fhining fea , majeftic rofe An hundred foot aloft ...
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... delight The many - figur'd fculptures of the path Half beauteous , half effac'd ; the traveller Such antique marbles to his native land Oft hence conveys ; and every realm and state With Rome's august remains , heroes and gods , Deck ...
... delight The many - figur'd fculptures of the path Half beauteous , half effac'd ; the traveller Such antique marbles to his native land Oft hence conveys ; and every realm and state With Rome's august remains , heroes and gods , Deck ...
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