New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection from the Most Eminent British Poets and Poetical Translators, Volume 1Richard Alfred Davenport C. and C. Whittingham, 1823 |
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... bloom O'er earth , and water'd with etherial dews ; Incorruptible aliment ! The birds Warble among his boughs ; the cattle , safe , Pasture within his shade ; and earth , beneath The ' imperial umbrage of his branches , smiles . The ...
... bloom O'er earth , and water'd with etherial dews ; Incorruptible aliment ! The birds Warble among his boughs ; the cattle , safe , Pasture within his shade ; and earth , beneath The ' imperial umbrage of his branches , smiles . The ...
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... bloom renew ; Shall He , whose vital smiles with splendour fill The circuits of creation , and sustain The ' abodes of all existence , from the depths Of hell beneath , above heaven's highest orb , With life , and health , and joy ...
... bloom renew ; Shall He , whose vital smiles with splendour fill The circuits of creation , and sustain The ' abodes of all existence , from the depths Of hell beneath , above heaven's highest orb , With life , and health , and joy ...
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... bloom of day , And angel sweetness purpled in his face . Oh ! how the mother did the babe embrace With tender blandishment and fondling care ! She gazed , and gazed , ne * could enough caress His cheeks , as roses red , as lilies fair ...
... bloom of day , And angel sweetness purpled in his face . Oh ! how the mother did the babe embrace With tender blandishment and fondling care ! She gazed , and gazed , ne * could enough caress His cheeks , as roses red , as lilies fair ...
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... blooming Temperance , a comely wight ‡ . Humility , in homely weeds array'd , And by her , in a line , an asses colt she led But hark , the jolly pipe and rural lay ! And see , the shepherd clad in mantle blue , And shepherdess in ...
... blooming Temperance , a comely wight ‡ . Humility , in homely weeds array'd , And by her , in a line , an asses colt she led But hark , the jolly pipe and rural lay ! And see , the shepherd clad in mantle blue , And shepherdess in ...
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... blooming every palm . Even safe as we , by this still fountain's side , So shall the church , thy bright and mystic bride , Sit on the stormy gulf , a halcyon bird of calm . Yes , ' mid yon angry and destroying signs , O'er us the ...
... blooming every palm . Even safe as we , by this still fountain's side , So shall the church , thy bright and mystic bride , Sit on the stormy gulf , a halcyon bird of calm . Yes , ' mid yon angry and destroying signs , O'er us the ...
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