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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... spread his And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is , But now begins ; for , from this happy day , The old Dragon , under ground In straiter limits bound , Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And , wroth to see his kingdom ...
... spread his And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is , But now begins ; for , from this happy day , The old Dragon , under ground In straiter limits bound , Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And , wroth to see his kingdom ...
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... spread the riches of its 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 ...
... spread the riches of its 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 ...
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... spread forth the arch of heaven , And bade the planets roll , Who laid the basis of the earth , And form'd the human soul , — 6 Thus saith the Lord , Thee have I sent , A Prophet from the sky , Wide o'er the nations to proclaim The ...
... spread forth the arch of heaven , And bade the planets roll , Who laid the basis of the earth , And form'd the human soul , — 6 Thus saith the Lord , Thee have I sent , A Prophet from the sky , Wide o'er the nations to proclaim The ...
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... cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gates of heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who with living flowers Of loveliest blue , spread garlands at your feet ? 32 PART I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gates of heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who with living flowers Of loveliest blue , spread garlands at your feet ? 32 PART I. ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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... spread garlands at your feet ? - God ! let the torrents , like a shout of nations , Answer ! and let the ice - plains echo , God ! God ! sing , ye meadow streams , with gladsome voice ! Ye pine - groves , with your soft and soul - like ...
... spread garlands at your feet ? - God ! let the torrents , like a shout of nations , Answer ! and let the ice - plains echo , God ! God ! sing , ye meadow streams , with gladsome voice ! Ye pine - groves , with your soft and soul - like ...
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