The Works of the English Poets, Volume 49G. Bigg, 1779 - 324 pages |
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... ; Should this bright stream , the leaft inflected , point Its course another way , o'er other lands The various treasure would refiftiefs pour , 205 2.10 215 220 Ne'er Ne'er to be won again ; its ancient tract Left THOMSON'S POEMS .
... ; Should this bright stream , the leaft inflected , point Its course another way , o'er other lands The various treasure would refiftiefs pour , 205 2.10 215 220 Ne'er Ne'er to be won again ; its ancient tract Left THOMSON'S POEMS .
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... ancient tract Left a vile channel , defolate , and dead , With all around a miserable waste . Not Egypt , were , her better heaven , the Nile Turn'd in the pride of flow ; when o'er his rocks , And roaring cataracts , beyond the reach ...
... ancient tract Left a vile channel , defolate , and dead , With all around a miserable waste . Not Egypt , were , her better heaven , the Nile Turn'd in the pride of flow ; when o'er his rocks , And roaring cataracts , beyond the reach ...
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... form , and airy train , Sunk in the gale ; and nought but ragged rocks Rush'd on the broken eye ; and nought was heard But the rough cadence of the dashing wave . 285 290 295 ANCIENT ANCIENT AND MODERN IT A L Y COMPARE D : BRITANNIA . 11.
... form , and airy train , Sunk in the gale ; and nought but ragged rocks Rush'd on the broken eye ; and nought was heard But the rough cadence of the dashing wave . 285 290 295 ANCIENT ANCIENT AND MODERN IT A L Y COMPARE D : BRITANNIA . 11.
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James Thomson, Williams Collins Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). ܕ ANCIENT AND MODERN 1 T A LY COM PARED :
James Thomson, Williams Collins Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). ܕ ANCIENT AND MODERN 1 T A LY COM PARED :
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James Thomson, Williams Collins Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). ANCIENT AND MODERN IT A L Y COMPARE D : Being the FIRST PART of LIBERTY , A PO E M. The following Poem is thrown into the form of a.
James Thomson, Williams Collins Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). ANCIENT AND MODERN IT A L Y COMPARE D : Being the FIRST PART of LIBERTY , A PO E M. The following Poem is thrown into the form of a.
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