The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 17-19G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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... wide - imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and tafte , by Greece refin'd . In ancient times , the facred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : your ear 45 50 55 And fome , with whom compar'd your infect ...
... wide - imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and tafte , by Greece refin'd . In ancient times , the facred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : your ear 45 50 55 And fome , with whom compar'd your infect ...
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... wide - dejected waste . For oft , engender'd by the hazy north , Myriads on myriads , infect armies waft Keen in the poifon'd breeze ; and wasteful eat , Through buds and bark , into the blacken'd core , Their eager way . A feeble race ...
... wide - dejected waste . For oft , engender'd by the hazy north , Myriads on myriads , infect armies waft Keen in the poifon'd breeze ; and wasteful eat , Through buds and bark , into the blacken'd core , Their eager way . A feeble race ...
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... wide air , and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal fhowers diftent . At first a dusky wreath they feem to rife , Scarce ftaining æther ; but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour fails Along ...
... wide air , and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal fhowers diftent . At first a dusky wreath they feem to rife , Scarce ftaining æther ; but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour fails Along ...
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... Wide dafh'd the waves , in undulation vast ; Till , from the center to the ftreaming clouds , A fhoreless ocean tumbled round the globe . 310 315 The Seasons fince have , with feverer fway , Opprefs'd a broken world : the Winter keen ...
... Wide dafh'd the waves , in undulation vast ; Till , from the center to the ftreaming clouds , A fhoreless ocean tumbled round the globe . 310 315 The Seasons fince have , with feverer fway , Opprefs'd a broken world : the Winter keen ...
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... wide , and wild ; Where , undisguis'd by mimic Art , the spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye . Here their delicious task the fervent bees , 505 In fwarming millions , tend : around , athwart , Through the soft air , the busy ...
... wide , and wild ; Where , undisguis'd by mimic Art , the spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye . Here their delicious task the fervent bees , 505 In fwarming millions , tend : around , athwart , Through the soft air , the busy ...
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