The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... see , WH The pompous fcene charms my admiring eye : There different beauties in perfection meet ; The thoughts as proper , as the numbers fweet : And when wild Fancy mounts a daring height , Judgment fteps in , and moderates her flight ...
... see , WH The pompous fcene charms my admiring eye : There different beauties in perfection meet ; The thoughts as proper , as the numbers fweet : And when wild Fancy mounts a daring height , Judgment fteps in , and moderates her flight ...
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... see your mistress mourn ; Unknowing that the pin'd for your return : We wonder'd why she kept her fruit fo long , For whom fo late th ' ungather'd apples hung But now the wonder ceafes , fince I fee She kept them only , Tityrus , for ...
... see your mistress mourn ; Unknowing that the pin'd for your return : We wonder'd why she kept her fruit fo long , For whom fo late th ' ungather'd apples hung But now the wonder ceafes , fince I fee She kept them only , Tityrus , for ...
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... the wolf pursues , The wolf the kid , the wanton kid the browse : Alexis , thou art chas'd by Corydon ; All follow feveral games , and each his own . 85 90 See 95 100 See from afar the fields no longer smoke PASTORAL II . 29.
... the wolf pursues , The wolf the kid , the wanton kid the browse : Alexis , thou art chas'd by Corydon ; All follow feveral games , and each his own . 85 90 See 95 100 See from afar the fields no longer smoke PASTORAL II . 29.
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John Dryden Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). 95 100 See from afar the fields no longer smoke , The fweating steers unharness'd from the yoke , Bring , as in triumph , back the crooked plough ; The fhadows lengthen as the fun ...
John Dryden Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres). 95 100 See from afar the fields no longer smoke , The fweating steers unharness'd from the yoke , Bring , as in triumph , back the crooked plough ; The fhadows lengthen as the fun ...
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... , Beware the fecret fnake that fhoots a fting . 145 MEN . Graze not too near the banks , my jolly sheep , The ground is falfe , the running streams are deep : See , See , they have caught the father of the flock 36 VIRGIL . DRYDEN'S.
... , Beware the fecret fnake that fhoots a fting . 145 MEN . Graze not too near the banks , my jolly sheep , The ground is falfe , the running streams are deep : See , See , they have caught the father of the flock 36 VIRGIL . DRYDEN'S.
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