The Works of the English Poets, Volume 53J. Rivington, 1779 - 344 pages |
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... those who journey near , Barren , brown , and rough appear ; Still we tread the fame coarfe way , The present ' s ftill a cloudy day . I with myself agree , O may And never covet what I fee : Content me with an humble fhade , My ...
... those who journey near , Barren , brown , and rough appear ; Still we tread the fame coarfe way , The present ' s ftill a cloudy day . I with myself agree , O may And never covet what I fee : Content me with an humble fhade , My ...
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... those ancient roads , With tombs high verg'd , the folemn paths of Fame : Deserve they not regard ? O'er whose broad flints Such crowds have roll'd , fo many ftorms of war ; So many pomps ; fe many wondering realms . Yet ftill through ...
... those ancient roads , With tombs high verg'd , the folemn paths of Fame : Deserve they not regard ? O'er whose broad flints Such crowds have roll'd , fo many ftorms of war ; So many pomps ; fe many wondering realms . Yet ftill through ...
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... those in hotter or colder climates ; exemplified with respect to Lapland , Italy , Greece , and Arabia . Of sheep- fhearing . Song on that occafion , Cuftom in Wales of fprinkling the rivers with flowers . Sheep - fhear- ing feaft and ...
... those in hotter or colder climates ; exemplified with respect to Lapland , Italy , Greece , and Arabia . Of sheep- fhearing . Song on that occafion , Cuftom in Wales of fprinkling the rivers with flowers . Sheep - fhear- ing feaft and ...
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... those flow - climbing wilds , that lead the step Infenfibly to Dover's windy cliff , Tremendous height ! and fuch the clover'd lawns And funny mounts of beauteous Normanton * , Health's chearful haunt , and the felected walk Of ...
... those flow - climbing wilds , that lead the step Infenfibly to Dover's windy cliff , Tremendous height ! and fuch the clover'd lawns And funny mounts of beauteous Normanton * , Health's chearful haunt , and the felected walk Of ...
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... those fair scrolis That grace the columns of th ' Iönic dome . Yet fhould thy fertile glebe be marly clay , Like Melton pastures , or Tripontian fields † , Where ever - gliding Avon's limpid wave Thwarts the long courfe of dufty Watling ...
... those fair scrolis That grace the columns of th ' Iönic dome . Yet fhould thy fertile glebe be marly clay , Like Melton pastures , or Tripontian fields † , Where ever - gliding Avon's limpid wave Thwarts the long courfe of dufty Watling ...
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