The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... round , unhappy fate ! Sooner or later , of all height , Withdraw their fummits from the skies , And leffen as the others rife : Still the profpect wider fpreads , Adds a thousand woods and meads ; Still it widens , widens ftill , And ...
... round , unhappy fate ! Sooner or later , of all height , Withdraw their fummits from the skies , And leffen as the others rife : Still the profpect wider fpreads , Adds a thousand woods and meads ; Still it widens , widens ftill , And ...
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... Round above round , flow - widening to the verge , A circuit vaft and high ; nor less had held Imperial Rome , and her attendant realms , When drunk with rule fhe will'd the fierce delight , And op'd the gloomy caverns , whence out ...
... Round above round , flow - widening to the verge , A circuit vaft and high ; nor less had held Imperial Rome , and her attendant realms , When drunk with rule fhe will'd the fierce delight , And op'd the gloomy caverns , whence out ...
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... round fun afcends ; and tower'd aloft , Suftain'd by columns huge , innumerous As cedars proud on Canaan's verdant heights Darkening their idols , when Aftarte lur'd Too - profperous Ifrael from his living strength . And next regard yon ...
... round fun afcends ; and tower'd aloft , Suftain'd by columns huge , innumerous As cedars proud on Canaan's verdant heights Darkening their idols , when Aftarte lur'd Too - profperous Ifrael from his living strength . And next regard yon ...
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... round , After the tempeft ; Maufoleums , Cirques , Naumachios , Forums ; Trajan's column tall , From whofe low base the sculptures wind aloft , And lead through various toils , up the rough steep , Its hero to the fkies : and his dark ...
... round , After the tempeft ; Maufoleums , Cirques , Naumachios , Forums ; Trajan's column tall , From whofe low base the sculptures wind aloft , And lead through various toils , up the rough steep , Its hero to the fkies : and his dark ...
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... round between yon towers , As through two fhady cliffs ; away , my Mufe , Though yet the profpect pleases , ever new In vast variety , and yet delight The many - figur'd fculptures of the path Half beauteous , half effac'd ; the ...
... round between yon towers , As through two fhady cliffs ; away , my Mufe , Though yet the profpect pleases , ever new In vast variety , and yet delight The many - figur'd fculptures of the path Half beauteous , half effac'd ; the ...
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