The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... my wifhes laid ; For , while our wishes wildly roll , We banish quiet from the foul : ' Tis thus the bufy beat the air , And mifers gather wealth and care .. B 3 Now , Now , ev'n now , my joys run high , GRONGAR HILL . S.
... my wifhes laid ; For , while our wishes wildly roll , We banish quiet from the foul : ' Tis thus the bufy beat the air , And mifers gather wealth and care .. B 3 Now , Now , ev'n now , my joys run high , GRONGAR HILL . S.
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... rolls . Yet once again , my Mufe , Yet once again , and foar a loftier flight ; Lo the refiftlefs theme , imperial Rome . Fall'n , fall'n , a filent heap ; her heroes all Sunk in their urns ; behold the pride of pomp , The throne of ...
... rolls . Yet once again , my Mufe , Yet once again , and foar a loftier flight ; Lo the refiftlefs theme , imperial Rome . Fall'n , fall'n , a filent heap ; her heroes all Sunk in their urns ; behold the pride of pomp , The throne of ...
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... roll'd on fanes , and tombs on buried tombs . Deep lies in duft the Theban obelisk Immenfe along the wafte ; minuter art , Gliconian forms , or Phidian , fubtly fair , Q'erwhelming ; as th ' immenfe Leviathan The finny brood , when near ...
... roll'd on fanes , and tombs on buried tombs . Deep lies in duft the Theban obelisk Immenfe along the wafte ; minuter art , Gliconian forms , or Phidian , fubtly fair , Q'erwhelming ; as th ' immenfe Leviathan The finny brood , when near ...
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... roll'd around A thousand winters o'er the changefül world , And yet a thousand fince , th ' indignant 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 ...
... roll'd around A thousand winters o'er the changefül world , And yet a thousand fince , th ' indignant 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 ...
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... roll'd , fo many ftorms of war ; So many pomps ; fe many wondering realms . Yet ftill through mountains pierc'd , o'er vallies rais'd , In even ftate , to distant feas around , They ftretch their pavements . Lo , the fane of Peace ...
... roll'd , fo many ftorms of war ; So many pomps ; fe many wondering realms . Yet ftill through mountains pierc'd , o'er vallies rais'd , In even ftate , to distant feas around , They ftretch their pavements . Lo , the fane of Peace ...
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