The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... fair the form of things , While the yellow linnet fings ; Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the foreft with her tale ; Come , with all thy various dues , Come , and aid thy fister Muse ; Now , while Phœbus riding high , Gives luftre to ...
... fair the form of things , While the yellow linnet fings ; Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the foreft with her tale ; Come , with all thy various dues , Come , and aid thy fister Muse ; Now , while Phœbus riding high , Gives luftre to ...
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... 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 what I fee ...
... 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 what I fee ...
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... fair , Q'erwhelming ; as th ' immenfe Leviathan The finny brood , when near Ierne's fhore Out - ftretch'd , unwieldy , his ifland length appears Above the foamy flood . Globofe and huge , Grey - mouldering temples fwell , and wide o ...
... fair , Q'erwhelming ; as th ' immenfe Leviathan The finny brood , when near Ierne's fhore Out - ftretch'd , unwieldy , his ifland length appears Above the foamy flood . Globofe and huge , Grey - mouldering temples fwell , and wide o ...
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... fair Now sweeps in vain ; their country calls to arms , Such virtue Clelia , Cocles , Manlius , rouz'd ; Such were the Fabii , Decii ; so inspir'd , The Scipio's battled , and the Gracchi spoke : So rofe the Roman ftate . Me now , of ...
... fair Now sweeps in vain ; their country calls to arms , Such virtue Clelia , Cocles , Manlius , rouz'd ; Such were the Fabii , Decii ; so inspir'd , The Scipio's battled , and the Gracchi spoke : So rofe the Roman ftate . Me now , of ...
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... fair a scene Sees not the dervife from the spiral tomb Of ancient Chammos , while his eye beholds Proud Memphis ' reliques o'er th ' Ægyptian plain : Nor hoary hermit from Hymettus ' brow , Though graceful Athens , in the vale beneath ...
... fair a scene Sees not the dervife from the spiral tomb Of ancient Chammos , while his eye beholds Proud Memphis ' reliques o'er th ' Ægyptian plain : Nor hoary hermit from Hymettus ' brow , Though graceful Athens , in the vale beneath ...
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