The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... Proudly towering in the skies ! Rufhing from the woods , the fpires . Seem from hence afcending fires ! Half his beams Apollo fheds On the yellow mountain - heads ! Gilds the fleeces of the flocks , And glitters on the broken rocks ...
... Proudly towering in the skies ! Rufhing from the woods , the fpires . Seem from hence afcending fires ! Half his beams Apollo fheds On the yellow mountain - heads ! Gilds the fleeces of the flocks , And glitters on the broken rocks ...
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... proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave . And fee the rivers how they run , Through woods and meads , in shade and fun , Sometimes fwift , fometimes flow , Wave fucceeding wave , they go A various journey to the deep ...
... proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave . And fee the rivers how they run , Through woods and meads , in shade and fun , Sometimes fwift , fometimes flow , Wave fucceeding wave , they go A various journey to the deep ...
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... proud antiquity , through various realms And various languages and ages fam'd , Bears me remote , 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 ...
... proud antiquity , through various realms And various languages and ages fam'd , Bears me remote , 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 ...
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... proud Palatin , Through fpiry cyprefs groves , and towering pine , Waving aloft 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 ...
... proud Palatin , Through fpiry cyprefs groves , and towering pine , Waving aloft 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 ...
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... Proud Memphis ' reliques 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 ...
... Proud Memphis ' reliques 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 ...
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