The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... behold the pride of pomp , The throne of nations fall'n ; obscur'd in duft ; Ev'n yet majestical : the folemn fcene Elates the foul , while now the rising Sun B 4 Flames Flames on the ruins in the purer air Towering aloft [ 7 ]
... behold the pride of pomp , The throne of nations fall'n ; obscur'd in duft ; Ev'n yet majestical : the folemn fcene Elates the foul , while now the rising Sun B 4 Flames Flames on the ruins in the purer air Towering aloft [ 7 ]
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John Dyer, David Mallet Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). Flames on the ruins in the purer air Towering aloft , upon the glittering plain , Like broken rocks , a vast circumference ; Rent palaces , crush'd columns , rifled ...
John Dyer, David Mallet Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). Flames on the ruins in the purer air Towering aloft , upon the glittering plain , Like broken rocks , a vast circumference ; Rent palaces , crush'd columns , rifled ...
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... conflagration blaz'd , Play'd The tomb of Ceftius , partly within and partly without the walls . † The baths of Caracalla , a vaft ruin . ‡ Nero's . Play'd to the flames ; and Phoebus ' letter'd dome 18 DYER'S POEMS .
... conflagration blaz'd , Play'd The tomb of Ceftius , partly within and partly without the walls . † The baths of Caracalla , a vaft ruin . ‡ Nero's . Play'd to the flames ; and Phoebus ' letter'd dome 18 DYER'S POEMS .
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... flames ; and Phoebus ' letter'd dome ; And the rough reliques of Carine's street , Where now the fhepherd to his nibbling fheep Sits piping with his oaten reed ; as erft There pip'd the fhepherd to his nibbling fheep , When th ' humble ...
... flames ; and Phoebus ' letter'd dome ; And the rough reliques of Carine's street , Where now the fhepherd to his nibbling fheep Sits piping with his oaten reed ; as erft There pip'd the fhepherd to his nibbling fheep , When th ' humble ...
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... flames , and spread Their duft faline upon the deepening grafs : And oft with labor - strengthen'd arm he delv'd The draining trench across his verdant slopes , To intercept the small meandring ' rills Of upper hamlets : haughty trees ...
... flames , and spread Their duft faline upon the deepening grafs : And oft with labor - strengthen'd arm he delv'd The draining trench across his verdant slopes , To intercept the small meandring ' rills Of upper hamlets : haughty trees ...
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