The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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Page 27
... use remain . My paffion is thy fcorn : nor wilt thou know What wealth I have , what gifts I can bestow : What ftores my dairies and my folds contain ; A thousand lambs that wander on the plain : New milk that all the winter never fails ...
... use remain . My paffion is thy fcorn : nor wilt thou know What wealth I have , what gifts I can bestow : What ftores my dairies and my folds contain ; A thousand lambs that wander on the plain : New milk that all the winter never fails ...
Page 129
... use In tender fouls of pliant plants produce . Choose next a province for thy vineyard's reign , On hills above , or on the lowly plain : If fertile fields or vallies be thy choice , 370 Plant thick , for bounteous Bacchus will rejoice ...
... use In tender fouls of pliant plants produce . Choose next a province for thy vineyard's reign , On hills above , or on the lowly plain : If fertile fields or vallies be thy choice , 370 Plant thick , for bounteous Bacchus will rejoice ...
Page 137
... use , And shade for sheep , and food for flocks , produce ; Hedges for eorn , and honey for the bees : 610 Besides the pleasing prospect of the trees . How goodly looks Cytorus , ever green With boxen groves ! with what delight are seen ...
... use , And shade for sheep , and food for flocks , produce ; Hedges for eorn , and honey for the bees : 610 Besides the pleasing prospect of the trees . How goodly looks Cytorus , ever green With boxen groves ! with what delight are seen ...
Page 138
... use are made , Smooth grain'd , and proper for the turner's trade ; Which curious hands may carve , and steel with ease invade . Light alder ftems the Po's impetuous tide , And bees in hollow oaks their honey hide . Now balance , with ...
... use are made , Smooth grain'd , and proper for the turner's trade ; Which curious hands may carve , and steel with ease invade . Light alder ftems the Po's impetuous tide , And bees in hollow oaks their honey hide . Now balance , with ...
Page 145
... use , unworthy me to write . Bufiris ' altars , and the dire decrees Of hard Eurestheus , every reader fees : Hylas the boy , Latona's erring isle , And Pelops ' ivory fhoulder , and his toil For fair Hippodame , with all the rest Of ...
... use , unworthy me to write . Bufiris ' altars , and the dire decrees Of hard Eurestheus , every reader fees : Hylas the boy , Latona's erring isle , And Pelops ' ivory fhoulder , and his toil For fair Hippodame , with all the rest Of ...
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