The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... plain , Like broken rocks , a vast circumference ; Rent palaces , crush'd columns , rifled moles , Fanes roll'd on fanes , and tombs on buried tombs . Deep lies in duft the Theban obelisk Immenfe along the wafte ; minuter art ...
... plain , Like broken rocks , a vast circumference ; Rent palaces , crush'd columns , rifled moles , Fanes roll'd on fanes , and tombs on buried tombs . Deep lies in duft the Theban obelisk Immenfe along the wafte ; minuter art ...
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... plains , by cryftal founts , That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapfe , Among the fleeky pebbles , agate clear , Cerulean ophite , and the flowery vein Of orient jafper , pleas'd I move along , And And vafes bofs'd , and ...
... plains , by cryftal founts , That weave their glittering waves with tuneful lapfe , Among the fleeky pebbles , agate clear , Cerulean ophite , and the flowery vein Of orient jafper , pleas'd I move along , And And vafes bofs'd , and ...
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... 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 . Amid the towery ...
... 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 . Amid the towery ...
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... plain and round ; of this our world Majestic emblem ; with peculiar grace Before its ample orb , projected stands The many - pillar'd portal : nobleft work Of human skill : here , curious architect , If thou effay't , ambitious , to ...
... plain and round ; of this our world Majestic emblem ; with peculiar grace Before its ample orb , projected stands The many - pillar'd portal : nobleft work Of human skill : here , curious architect , If thou effay't , ambitious , to ...
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... plain Extends , and where the lovely forms commence Of flowing sculpture : nor neglect to note How range the taper columns , and what weight Their leafy brows fuftain : fair Corinth first Boafted their order , which Callimachus ...
... plain Extends , and where the lovely forms commence Of flowing sculpture : nor neglect to note How range the taper columns , and what weight Their leafy brows fuftain : fair Corinth first Boafted their order , which Callimachus ...
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