A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Cook's Hesiod. Fawke's Theocritus. Anacreon. Bion. Moschus. Sappho. Musaeus & Apollonius Rhodius. The Rape of Helen. Creech's Lucretius and Grainger's TibullusJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1795 |
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... o'er the smoke would lay , And let the mule and ox at leifure ftray : This fenfe to man the king of gods denies , In wrath to him who daring rob'd the fkies ; 70 Dread ills the god prepar'd , unknown before , And the ftol'n fire back to ...
... o'er the smoke would lay , And let the mule and ox at leifure ftray : This fenfe to man the king of gods denies , In wrath to him who daring rob'd the fkies ; 70 Dread ills the god prepar'd , unknown before , And the ftol'n fire back to ...
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... o'er their land is feen , With oakshigh tow'ring are their mountains green , With heavy maft their arms diffusive bow , While from their trunks rich streams of honey flow ; Of flocks untainted are their pastures full , Which flowly frut ...
... o'er their land is feen , With oakshigh tow'ring are their mountains green , With heavy maft their arms diffusive bow , While from their trunks rich streams of honey flow ; Of flocks untainted are their pastures full , Which flowly frut ...
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50 When o'er our heads th ' abated planet rolls A fhorter courfe , and vifits diftant poles , When Jove defcends in show'rs upon the plains , And the parch'd earth is cheer'd with plenteous rains , When human bodies feel the grateful ...
50 When o'er our heads th ' abated planet rolls A fhorter courfe , and vifits diftant poles , When Jove defcends in show'rs upon the plains , And the parch'd earth is cheer'd with plenteous rains , When human bodies feel the grateful ...
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... o'er the plains the north exerts his sway , From hi- sharp blasts piercing begins the day ; 23C Then from the sky the morning dews defcend , Ard fruitful o'er the happy lands extend . The waters by the winds convey'd on high , From ...
... o'er the plains the north exerts his sway , From hi- sharp blasts piercing begins the day ; 23C Then from the sky the morning dews defcend , Ard fruitful o'er the happy lands extend . The waters by the winds convey'd on high , From ...
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... o'er your mind prevails the love of gain , And tempts you to the dangers of the main , Yet in her harbour fafe the veffel keep , When trong Orion chafes to the deep The Virgin ftars ; then the winds war aloud , And veil the ocean with a ...
... o'er your mind prevails the love of gain , And tempts you to the dangers of the main , Yet in her harbour fafe the veffel keep , When trong Orion chafes to the deep The Virgin ftars ; then the winds war aloud , And veil the ocean with a ...
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Æneid afferts Amycus Anacreon ancient Argo atoms beauty becauſe Befides body breaſt called caufe charms Colchian compofed Daphnis defcend defcribed defcription divine earth Eclogues Epicurus EPIGRAM ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fays fecond feeds feems fenfe fhall fhore fhould fhow fignifies fince fing fire firft firſt flain flame foft fome fong foon foul fpread fpring ftill ftreams fubject fuch fuppofed fweet Georgic gods Greek heaven Hefiod Hercules heroes himſelf Homer honour Idyllium Iliad Jafon Jove Jupiter laft lefs likewife Lucretius maid mind moft moſt mufes muft muſt nature nymphs o'er obferves Ovid paffage paftoral Phrixus plain pleaſure Plutarch poem poet pow'r prefent reafon reft rife rofe ſays thee thefe themſelves Theocritus Theogony theſe things thofe thoſe thou Tiphys tranflation Tzetzes uſed Venus verfes verſes Virgil void whofe wind words καὶ