The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towÿ's 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 ...
... hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towÿ's 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 ...
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... hand . Hewn into form , and worship'd ; as ev'n now Blindly they worship at their breathlefs mouths In varied appellations : men to these ( From deep to depth in darkening error fall'n ) At length afcrib'd th ' Inapplicable Name . How ...
... hand . Hewn into form , and worship'd ; as ev'n now Blindly they worship at their breathlefs mouths In varied appellations : men to these ( From deep to depth in darkening error fall'n ) At length afcrib'd th ' Inapplicable Name . How ...
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... hand upleads to light , divinest Truth , Array'd in every charm : whofe hand benign Teaches unwearied toil to cloath the fields , And on his various fruits infcribes the name Of Property : O nobly hail'd of old By thy majestic daughters ...
... hand upleads to light , divinest Truth , Array'd in every charm : whofe hand benign Teaches unwearied toil to cloath the fields , And on his various fruits infcribes the name Of Property : O nobly hail'd of old By thy majestic daughters ...
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... hand the city fir'd , And while the dreadful 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 ...
... hand the city fir'd , And while the dreadful 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 ...
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... hand ? How Manlius fav'd the capitol ? the choice Of steady Regulus ? As yet they stood , Simple of life ; as yet feducing wealth Was unexplor'd , and shame of poverty Yet unimagin'd - Shine not all the fields With various fruitage ...
... hand ? How Manlius fav'd the capitol ? the choice Of steady Regulus ? As yet they stood , Simple of life ; as yet feducing wealth Was unexplor'd , and shame of poverty Yet unimagin'd - Shine not all the fields With various fruitage ...
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