The Works of the English Poets, Volume 26H. Baldwin, 1779 - 261 pages |
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Page 211
... roll her labouring tongue . From her fierce jaws no founding horrors come , No thunders bellow through the working foam , Torend the fpacious cave , and shake the vaulted dome . Too plain , the peaceful groves and fane betray'd 220 The ...
... roll her labouring tongue . From her fierce jaws no founding horrors come , No thunders bellow through the working foam , Torend the fpacious cave , and shake the vaulted dome . Too plain , the peaceful groves and fane betray'd 220 The ...
Page 212
... Rolls in her thought , and to her fight is seen . The ocean's utmost bounds her eyes explore , And number every fand on every shore ; Nature , and all her works , at once they fee , 260 Know when she first begun , and when her end shall ...
... Rolls in her thought , and to her fight is seen . The ocean's utmost bounds her eyes explore , And number every fand on every shore ; Nature , and all her works , at once they fee , 260 Know when she first begun , and when her end shall ...
Page 213
... rolls her eyes , And wildly wanders o'er the spacious skies . Now horrid purple flushes in her face , ́ , And now a livid pale fupplies the place ; · 295 . 300 305 310 A double madness paints her cheeks by turns P 3 A LUCAN'S PHARSALIA ...
... rolls her eyes , And wildly wanders o'er the spacious skies . Now horrid purple flushes in her face , ́ , And now a livid pale fupplies the place ; · 295 . 300 305 310 A double madness paints her cheeks by turns P 3 A LUCAN'S PHARSALIA ...
Page 223
... roll , Nor fees the flight of the ill - boding owl . Then funk the ftate and dignity of Rome , Thence monthly confuls nominally come : 575 580 Juft as the fovereign bids , their names appear , To head the calendar , and mark the year ...
... roll , Nor fees the flight of the ill - boding owl . Then funk the ftate and dignity of Rome , Thence monthly confuls nominally come : 575 580 Juft as the fovereign bids , their names appear , To head the calendar , and mark the year ...
Page 230
... rolls the threatening flood ; While loud and louder murmuring winds arise , And growl from every quarter of the skies . When thus the trembling master , pale with fear , Behold what wrath the dreadful gods prepare ; My art is at a lofs ...
... rolls the threatening flood ; While loud and louder murmuring winds arise , And growl from every quarter of the skies . When thus the trembling master , pale with fear , Behold what wrath the dreadful gods prepare ; My art is at a lofs ...
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