The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... flood , Over mead , and over wood , From houfe to houfe , from hill to hill , * Till Contemplation had her fill . About his chequer'd fides I wind , And leave his brooks and meads behind , And groves , and grottoes where I lay , And ...
... flood , Over mead , and over wood , From houfe to houfe , from hill to hill , * Till Contemplation had her fill . About his chequer'd fides I wind , And leave his brooks and meads behind , And groves , and grottoes where I lay , And ...
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... flood , His fides are cloath'd with waving wood , And ancient towers crown his brow , That caft an aweful look below ; Whofe ragged walls the ivy creeps , And with her arms from falling keeps ; So both a safety from the wind On mutual ...
... flood , His fides are cloath'd with waving wood , And ancient towers crown his brow , That caft an aweful look below ; Whofe ragged walls the ivy creeps , And with her arms from falling keeps ; So both a safety from the wind On mutual ...
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... 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 they Of hourly peril ...
... 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 they Of hourly peril ...
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... floods Roar loud in their firm bounds , and dash and fwell , In vain ; convey'd to Tiber's loweft wave . Hence over airy plains , by cryftal founts , That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapfe , Among the fleeky pebbles ...
... floods Roar loud in their firm bounds , and dash and fwell , In vain ; convey'd to Tiber's loweft wave . Hence over airy plains , by cryftal founts , That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapfe , Among the fleeky pebbles ...
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... flood , where modern Rome † Couches beneath the ruins : there of old With arms and trophies gleam'd the field of Mars : There to their daily fports the noble youth Rush'd emulous ; to fling the pointed lance ; * The public granaries ...
... flood , where modern Rome † Couches beneath the ruins : there of old With arms and trophies gleam'd the field of Mars : There to their daily fports the noble youth Rush'd emulous ; to fling the pointed lance ; * The public granaries ...
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