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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... under ground In straiter limits bound , Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And , wroth to see his kingdom fail , Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail . The oracles are dumb , No voice or hideous hum 6 PART I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... under ground In straiter limits bound , Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And , wroth to see his kingdom fail , Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail . The oracles are dumb , No voice or hideous hum 6 PART I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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... - dewed locks with roses bound ; An Eden flourish'd where she cast her eye , • Stained or adorned . Į Gentle or handsome . + Might or must . Without equal . And flocks of sports and joys their temples crown'd , DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL . 21.
... - dewed locks with roses bound ; An Eden flourish'd where she cast her eye , • Stained or adorned . Į Gentle or handsome . + Might or must . Without equal . And flocks of sports and joys their temples crown'd , DEVOTIONAL AND MORAL . 21.
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... bound by time , nor subject to decay , In happy triumph shall for ever live , [ ceive . And endless good diffuse , and endless praise re- As through the artist's intervening glass Our eye observes the distant planets pass , A little we ...
... bound by time , nor subject to decay , In happy triumph shall for ever live , [ ceive . And endless good diffuse , and endless praise re- As through the artist's intervening glass Our eye observes the distant planets pass , A little we ...
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... Bound captive monarchs in his galling chain ; While Outrage call'd his torturing train , And Rigour closed the dungeon's ruthless gate ? How from his high dominion hurl'd The spoiler of the ravaged world ! Kings , monarchs , heroes ...
... Bound captive monarchs in his galling chain ; While Outrage call'd his torturing train , And Rigour closed the dungeon's ruthless gate ? How from his high dominion hurl'd The spoiler of the ravaged world ! Kings , monarchs , heroes ...
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... bound , With eager haste the wild enthusiast roves To weave the dance in consecrated groves ; Or in lone caverns , where , with orgies dire , Insensate voices hail the mystic fire , While cymbals loud assist the madding roar , Bids the ...
... bound , With eager haste the wild enthusiast roves To weave the dance in consecrated groves ; Or in lone caverns , where , with orgies dire , Insensate voices hail the mystic fire , While cymbals loud assist the madding roar , Bids the ...
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