The Works of the English Poets, Volume 49G. Bigg, 1779 - 324 pages |
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Page 19
... shade ; To where Preneste lifts her airy brow ; Or downward spreading to the funny shore , Where Alba breathes the freshness of the main . See diftant mountains leave their vallies dry , And o'er the proud arcade their tribute pour , To ...
... shade ; To where Preneste lifts her airy brow ; Or downward spreading to the funny shore , Where Alba breathes the freshness of the main . See diftant mountains leave their vallies dry , And o'er the proud arcade their tribute pour , To ...
Page 28
... her patron , Thou , " And great inspirer be ! then will she joy , " Through narrow life her lot , and private shade : " And when her venal voice fhe barters vile , 350 " OF " Or to thy open or thy fecret foes : 28 THOMSON'S POEMS .
... her patron , Thou , " And great inspirer be ! then will she joy , " Through narrow life her lot , and private shade : " And when her venal voice fhe barters vile , 350 " OF " Or to thy open or thy fecret foes : 28 THOMSON'S POEMS .
Page 47
... shades , and where the current strays , With peace , and love , and innocence around , Pip'd the lone fhepherd to his feeding flock : Round happy parents fmil'd their younger felves ; And friends convers'd , by death divided long . To ...
... shades , and where the current strays , With peace , and love , and innocence around , Pip'd the lone fhepherd to his feeding flock : Round happy parents fmil'd their younger felves ; And friends convers'd , by death divided long . To ...
Page 65
... shade and fountain fresh ; 250 And farther to the full Egyptian shore , To where the Nile from Ethiopian clouds , His never - drain'd ethereal urn , defcends . In this vaft space what various tongues , and flates ! What bounding rocks ...
... shade and fountain fresh ; 250 And farther to the full Egyptian shore , To where the Nile from Ethiopian clouds , His never - drain'd ethereal urn , defcends . In this vaft space what various tongues , and flates ! What bounding rocks ...
Page 66
... shade , When the gale flumbers , they the words devour'd . 280 A while fevere amazement held them mute , Then , bursting broad , the boundless shout to heaven From many a thousand hearts ecstatic sprung . On every hand rebellow'd to ...
... shade , When the gale flumbers , they the words devour'd . 280 A while fevere amazement held them mute , Then , bursting broad , the boundless shout to heaven From many a thousand hearts ecstatic sprung . On every hand rebellow'd to ...
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