The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Hours of IdlenessBaynes and Son, 1824 - 446 pages |
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... dread hour the silent asp shall creep , If aught of rest I find , upon my sleep : Or some swoln serpent twist his scales around , And wake to anguish with a burning wound . Thrice happy they , the wise contented poor , From lust of ...
... dread hour the silent asp shall creep , If aught of rest I find , upon my sleep : Or some swoln serpent twist his scales around , And wake to anguish with a burning wound . Thrice happy they , the wise contented poor , From lust of ...
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... dread , The ravening eagle northward fled . ) Or dwell in willow'd meads more near , With those to whom thy stork is dear : Those whom the rod of Alva bruised , Whose crown a British queen refused , The Dutch , amongst whom there are ...
... dread , The ravening eagle northward fled . ) Or dwell in willow'd meads more near , With those to whom thy stork is dear : Those whom the rod of Alva bruised , Whose crown a British queen refused , The Dutch , amongst whom there are ...
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... dread was push'd aside , And down the shouldering billows borne . And see like gems her laughing train , The little isles on every side ; Mona , + once hid from those who search the main , Where thousand elfin shapes abide , And Wight ...
... dread was push'd aside , And down the shouldering billows borne . And see like gems her laughing train , The little isles on every side ; Mona , + once hid from those who search the main , Where thousand elfin shapes abide , And Wight ...
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... dread , Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ! And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though sometimes , each dreary pause between , Dejected Pity , at his side , Her soul - subduing voice applied ...
... dread , Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ! And ever and anon he beat The doubling drum with furious heat ; And though sometimes , each dreary pause between , Dejected Pity , at his side , Her soul - subduing voice applied ...
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... dread spirit , whose gigantic form The seer's entranced eye can well survey , Through the dim air who guides the driving storm , And points the wretched bark its destined prey . Or him who hovers on his flagging wing ' O'er the dire ...
... dread spirit , whose gigantic form The seer's entranced eye can well survey , Through the dim air who guides the driving storm , And points the wretched bark its destined prey . Or him who hovers on his flagging wing ' O'er the dire ...
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