The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 17-19G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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... calm ; that not a breath 155 Is heard to quiver through the clofing woods , Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of afpin tall . Th ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , feem through delufive lapse Forgetful Forgetful ...
... calm ; that not a breath 155 Is heard to quiver through the clofing woods , Or rustling turn the many twinkling leaves Of afpin tall . Th ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , feem through delufive lapse Forgetful Forgetful ...
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... calm Perpetual reign'd , fave what the zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanfe : for then nor ftorms Were taught to blow , nor hurricanes to rage ; Sound flept the waters ; no fulphureous glooms Swell'd in the sky , and fent the ...
... calm Perpetual reign'd , fave what the zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanfe : for then nor ftorms Were taught to blow , nor hurricanes to rage ; Sound flept the waters ; no fulphureous glooms Swell'd in the sky , and fent the ...
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... calm village in their verdant arms , Sheltering , embrace , direct their lazy flight ; Where on the mingling boughs they fit embower'd , All the hot noon , till cooler hours arise . Faint , underneath , the houshold fowls convene ; And ...
... calm village in their verdant arms , Sheltering , embrace , direct their lazy flight ; Where on the mingling boughs they fit embower'd , All the hot noon , till cooler hours arise . Faint , underneath , the houshold fowls convene ; And ...
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... calm ; while all the world without , Unfatisfied and fick , toffes in noon : 455 460 Emblem inftructive of the virtuous man , 465 Who keeps his temper'd mind ferene and pure , And every paffion aptly harmoniz'd , Amid a jarring world ...
... calm ; while all the world without , Unfatisfied and fick , toffes in noon : 455 460 Emblem inftructive of the virtuous man , 465 Who keeps his temper'd mind ferene and pure , And every paffion aptly harmoniz'd , Amid a jarring world ...
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... calm , this harmony of mind , " Where purity and peace immingle charms . " Then fear not us ; but with responsive song , " Amid thefe dim receffes , undifturb'd " By noify folly and discordant vice , 545 550 " Of Nature fing with us ...
... calm , this harmony of mind , " Where purity and peace immingle charms . " Then fear not us ; but with responsive song , " Amid thefe dim receffes , undifturb'd " By noify folly and discordant vice , 545 550 " Of Nature fing with us ...
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