The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... skies fhall change , And fish on fhore , and ftags in air shall range , The banish'd Parthian dwell on Arar's brink , And the blue German shall the Tigris drink : Ere I , forfaking gratitude and truth , Forget the figure of that godlike ...
... skies fhall change , And fish on fhore , and ftags in air shall range , The banish'd Parthian dwell on Arar's brink , And the blue German shall the Tigris drink : Ere I , forfaking gratitude and truth , Forget the figure of that godlike ...
Page 29
... skies . And godlike Paris in th ' Idean grove , To Priam's wealth preferr'd Oenone's love . In cities which the built , let Pallas reign ; Towers are for gods , but forefts for the swain . The greedy lionefs the wolf pursues , The wolf ...
... skies . And godlike Paris in th ' Idean grove , To Priam's wealth preferr'd Oenone's love . In cities which the built , let Pallas reign ; Towers are for gods , but forefts for the swain . The greedy lionefs the wolf pursues , The wolf ...
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... - dering eyes Views in the milky way the ftarry skies . And far beneath him , from the shining sphere , Beholds the moving clouds , and rolling year . For For this , with chearful cries the woods refound ; 46 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL .
... - dering eyes Views in the milky way the ftarry skies . And far beneath him , from the shining sphere , Beholds the moving clouds , and rolling year . For For this , with chearful cries the woods refound ; 46 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL .
Page 54
... skies the facred found . And now the fetting fun had warn'd the fwain To call his counted cattle from the plain : " Yet ftill th ' unweary'd fire pursues the tuneful strain . Till unperceiv'd the heavens with ftars were hung : And ...
... skies the facred found . And now the fetting fun had warn'd the fwain To call his counted cattle from the plain : " Yet ftill th ' unweary'd fire pursues the tuneful strain . Till unperceiv'd the heavens with ftars were hung : And ...
Page 56
... skies , How black the clouds of fwarming bees arise . What fhould I do ! nor was Alcippe nigh , Nor abfent Phyllis could my care supply , To house , and feed by hand my weaning lambs , And drain the ftrutting udders of their dams ...
... skies , How black the clouds of fwarming bees arise . What fhould I do ! nor was Alcippe nigh , Nor abfent Phyllis could my care supply , To house , and feed by hand my weaning lambs , And drain the ftrutting udders of their dams ...
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