The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... o'er Gallia's woody bounds , O'er the cloud - piercing Alps remote ; beyond The vale of Arno purpled with the vine , Beyond the Umbrian and Etrufcan hills , To Latium's wide champain , forlorn and waste , Where yellow Tiber his ...
... o'er Gallia's woody bounds , O'er the cloud - piercing Alps remote ; beyond The vale of Arno purpled with the vine , Beyond the Umbrian and Etrufcan hills , To Latium's wide champain , forlorn and waste , Where yellow Tiber his ...
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... o'er their urns , and mournfully among The plaintive - echoing ruins pour their streams . Yet * Fountains at Rome adorned with the ftatues of thofe rivers . Yet here , adventurous in the facred fearch Of ancient DYER'S POEMS .
... o'er their urns , and mournfully among The plaintive - echoing ruins pour their streams . Yet * Fountains at Rome adorned with the ftatues of thofe rivers . Yet here , adventurous in the facred fearch Of ancient DYER'S POEMS .
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... o'er the big ruins brows , On numerous arches rear'd : and frequent stopp'd , The funk ground ftartles me with dreadful chaẩm , Breathing forth darkness from the vaft profound Of ifles and halls , within the mountain's womb . Nor these ...
... o'er the big ruins brows , On numerous arches rear'd : and frequent stopp'd , The funk ground ftartles me with dreadful chaẩm , Breathing forth darkness from the vaft profound Of ifles and halls , within the mountain's womb . Nor these ...
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... O'er fculptures maim'd has made ; Anubis , Sphinx , Idols of antique guife , and horned Pan , Terrific , monstrous shapes ! prepofterous Gods , Of Fear and Ignorance , by the sculptor's hand . Hewn into form , and worship'd ; as ev'n ...
... O'er fculptures maim'd has made ; Anubis , Sphinx , Idols of antique guife , and horned Pan , Terrific , monstrous shapes ! prepofterous Gods , Of Fear and Ignorance , by the sculptor's hand . Hewn into form , and worship'd ; as ev'n ...
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... o'er th ' Ægyptian plain : Nor hoary hermit from Hymettus ' brow , Though graceful Athens , in the vale beneath . Along the windings of the Mufe's ftream , Lucid Ilyffus weeps her filent fchools , And groves , unvifited by bard or fage ...
... o'er th ' Ægyptian plain : Nor hoary hermit from Hymettus ' brow , Though graceful Athens , in the vale beneath . Along the windings of the Mufe's ftream , Lucid Ilyffus weeps her filent fchools , And groves , unvifited by bard or fage ...
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