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Fountain of light ! if chance Some envious cloud veil thy refulgent brow , In vain the Muse's aid ; untouch'd , unstrung , Lies my mute harp , and thy desponding bard Sits darkly musing o'er the ' unfinish'd lay .
Fountain of light ! if chance Some envious cloud veil thy refulgent brow , In vain the Muse's aid ; untouch'd , unstrung , Lies my mute harp , and thy desponding bard Sits darkly musing o'er the ' unfinish'd lay .
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tis not the knife Of horrid slaughter that is o'er you waved ; No , ' tis the tender swain's well - guided shears , Who having now , to pay his annual care , Borrowed your fleece , to you a cumbrous load Will send you bounding to your ...
tis not the knife Of horrid slaughter that is o'er you waved ; No , ' tis the tender swain's well - guided shears , Who having now , to pay his annual care , Borrowed your fleece , to you a cumbrous load Will send you bounding to your ...
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Lo ! where the heath , with withering brake grown o'er , Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring poor , From thence a length of burning sand appears , Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd Rank weeds , that every art and ...
Lo ! where the heath , with withering brake grown o'er , Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring poor , From thence a length of burning sand appears , Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd Rank weeds , that every art and ...
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Contents
THE ELIZABETHAN PASTORAL II | 11 |
Egloga Tertia | 23 |
Four poems from the Arcadia | 37 |
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