The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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Page 29
... sweet to smell ; And set soft hyacinths with iron - blue , To shade marsh marigolds of shining hue . Some bound in order , others loosely strow'd , To dress thy bower , and trim thy new abode . Myself will fearch our planted grounds at ...
... sweet to smell ; And set soft hyacinths with iron - blue , To shade marsh marigolds of shining hue . Some bound in order , others loosely strow'd , To dress thy bower , and trim thy new abode . Myself will fearch our planted grounds at ...
Page 63
... sweet Mænalian ftrain . Now take your turns , ye Muses , to rehearse 85 His friend's complaints ; and mighty magic verfe . Bring running water ; bind thofe altars round With fillets ; and with vervain ftrow the ground : 90 Make fat with ...
... sweet Mænalian ftrain . Now take your turns , ye Muses , to rehearse 85 His friend's complaints ; and mighty magic verfe . Bring running water ; bind thofe altars round With fillets ; and with vervain ftrow the ground : 90 Make fat with ...
Page 65
... sweet Mænalian strains . Old doting Nature , change thy course anew : 70 And let the trembling lamb the wolf pursue : Let oaks now glitter with Hefperian fruit , And purple daffodils from alder shoot . Fat amber let the tamarisk diftil ...
... sweet Mænalian strains . Old doting Nature , change thy course anew : 70 And let the trembling lamb the wolf pursue : Let oaks now glitter with Hefperian fruit , And purple daffodils from alder shoot . Fat amber let the tamarisk diftil ...
Page 74
... sweet , because not fair ? Beneath the fallows , and the fhady vine , My loves had mix'd their pliant limbs with mine ; 60 Phyllis with myrtle wreaths had crown'd my hair , And foft Amyntas fung away my care . Come , Come , fee what ...
... sweet , because not fair ? Beneath the fallows , and the fhady vine , My loves had mix'd their pliant limbs with mine ; 60 Phyllis with myrtle wreaths had crown'd my hair , And foft Amyntas fung away my care . Come , Come , fee what ...
Page 123
... sweet Italy contend in fame . No bulls , whofe noftrils breathe a living flame , Have turn'd our turf , no teeth of ferpents here Were fown , an armed hoft , an iron crop to bear . 195 But fruitful vines , and the fat olives freight ...
... sweet Italy contend in fame . No bulls , whofe noftrils breathe a living flame , Have turn'd our turf , no teeth of ferpents here Were fown , an armed hoft , an iron crop to bear . 195 But fruitful vines , and the fat olives freight ...
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Æneas Æneid Æneis againſt anſwer arms Auguftus becauſe beſt betwixt Cæfar Carthage cauſe Daphnis defcended defire Dido earth Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate father fear feas fecret fecure feem fenfe feven fhades fhall fhepherd fhew fhore fide fight fing fire firft firſt fkies flain flocks flood foes foil fome fong fpring fubject fuch fure fwain fweet Georgic goddeſs gods Grecian ground heaven hero himſelf honour houſe Ilioneus Jupiter juſt labour laft laſt leaſt lefs Lordſhip mafter moſt Mufe Muſe muſt myſelf night numbers o'er obferved Ovid plain pleaſe pleaſure poem poet praiſe prefent Priam promiſe purſue rage raiſe reft rifing Segrais ſhade ſhall ſhe ſheep ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſpace ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtood ſtorm ſtreams ſweet thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tranflation Trojan Troy Turnus Tyrian uſe verfe verſe vines Virgil whofe winds woods youth