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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... rich pavilion rear'd within its height , The capitals and friezes gold entire , Glistening with carbuncles ; a various light Waved tremulous , and set the eye on fire . A silken curtain , drawn on silver wire , And tinged with colours ...
... rich pavilion rear'd within its height , The capitals and friezes gold entire , Glistening with carbuncles ; a various light Waved tremulous , and set the eye on fire . A silken curtain , drawn on silver wire , And tinged with colours ...
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... rich effusion pour'd , The heavenly dew descends ; And truth divine he shall reveal To earth's remotest ends . No trumpet - sound , at his approach , Shall strike the wondering ears ; But still and gentle breathe the voice In which the ...
... rich effusion pour'd , The heavenly dew descends ; And truth divine he shall reveal To earth's remotest ends . No trumpet - sound , at his approach , Shall strike the wondering ears ; But still and gentle breathe the voice In which the ...
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... rich and boastful ring All around her furious king . But the Lord from out his cloud , The Lord looked down upon the proud ; And the host drave heavily Down the steep bosom of the sea . With a quick and sudden swell , Prone the liquid ...
... rich and boastful ring All around her furious king . But the Lord from out his cloud , The Lord looked down upon the proud ; And the host drave heavily Down the steep bosom of the sea . With a quick and sudden swell , Prone the liquid ...
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... rich roofs emboss'd with gold The daughters of the ostrich dwell ; Satyrs their bestial revels hold ; Wolf howl to wolf with hideous yell ; And dragons hiss those bowers among That echoed once with festive song.- It comes , to vengeance ...
... rich roofs emboss'd with gold The daughters of the ostrich dwell ; Satyrs their bestial revels hold ; Wolf howl to wolf with hideous yell ; And dragons hiss those bowers among That echoed once with festive song.- It comes , to vengeance ...
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... rich feasts , thy sprightly viols where ? Beneath thee is corruption spread , And worms the covering of thy bed ! How art thou fallen , bright star of orient day , How fallen from thy etherial height , Son of the Morning ! Thou , whose ...
... rich feasts , thy sprightly viols where ? Beneath thee is corruption spread , And worms the covering of thy bed ! How art thou fallen , bright star of orient day , How fallen from thy etherial height , Son of the Morning ! Thou , whose ...
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