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3 There silver rivers through enameld meadows glide , And golden trees enrich their fide ; Th'illustrious leaves no dropping autumn fear , And jewels for their fruit they bear , Which ; by the blest are gathered For bracelets to the arm ...
3 There silver rivers through enameld meadows glide , And golden trees enrich their fide ; Th'illustrious leaves no dropping autumn fear , And jewels for their fruit they bear , Which ; by the blest are gathered For bracelets to the arm ...
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Art , instead of mounting high , About her humble food does hovering fly ; Like the ignoble crow , rapine and noite does love ; Whilft Nature , like the sacred bird of Jove , Now bears loud thunder ; and anon with silent joy The ...
Art , instead of mounting high , About her humble food does hovering fly ; Like the ignoble crow , rapine and noite does love ; Whilft Nature , like the sacred bird of Jove , Now bears loud thunder ; and anon with silent joy The ...
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In their harmonious , golden palaces ; Walk with ineffable delight Through the thick groves of never - withering light , And , as he walks , affright The lion and the bear , Bull , centaur , scorpion , all the radiant monsters there .
In their harmonious , golden palaces ; Walk with ineffable delight Through the thick groves of never - withering light , And , as he walks , affright The lion and the bear , Bull , centaur , scorpion , all the radiant monsters there .
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Lo , how th ' obsequious wind , and swelling air , The Theban swan does upwards bear Into the walks of clouds , where he does play , And with extended wings opens his liquid way ! Whilft , alas ! my timorous Muse Unambitious tracks ...
Lo , how th ' obsequious wind , and swelling air , The Theban swan does upwards bear Into the walks of clouds , where he does play , And with extended wings opens his liquid way ! Whilft , alas ! my timorous Muse Unambitious tracks ...
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Whilst the dance lasts , how long foe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's dreadful sound : That to the spheres themselves shall silence bring , Untune the universal ...
Whilst the dance lasts , how long foe'er it be , My music's voice shall bear it company ; Till all gentle notes be drown'd In the last trumpet's dreadful sound : That to the spheres themselves shall silence bring , Untune the universal ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
| Author | Abraham Cowley |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres) |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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