The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... stream . Go on , and , with thy rare resistless art , Rule each emotion of the various heart ; 45 ; The spring and test of verse unrival'd reign , And the full honours of thy youth maintain ; Sooth with thy wonted ease and power divine ...
... stream . Go on , and , with thy rare resistless art , Rule each emotion of the various heart ; 45 ; The spring and test of verse unrival'd reign , And the full honours of thy youth maintain ; Sooth with thy wonted ease and power divine ...
Page 32
... streams , Defence from Phoebus ' , not from Cupid's beams , Το you I mourn , nor to the deaf I fing , The woods fhall anfwer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay , Why art thou prouder and more hard than ...
... streams , Defence from Phoebus ' , not from Cupid's beams , Το you I mourn , nor to the deaf I fing , The woods fhall anfwer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay , Why art thou prouder and more hard than ...
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... stream with myrtles hide , And break your bows as when Adonis dy'd ; And with your golden darts , now useless grown , Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone : " Let nature change , let heaven and earth deplore , " Fair Daphne's dead ...
... stream with myrtles hide , And break your bows as when Adonis dy'd ; And with your golden darts , now useless grown , Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone : " Let nature change , let heaven and earth deplore , " Fair Daphne's dead ...
Page 42
... streams their murmurs shall forbear , A fweeter mufic than their own to hear ; But tell the reeds , and tell the vocal fhore , Fair Daphne's dead , and Mufic is no more ! 60 Her fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in fighs ...
... streams their murmurs shall forbear , A fweeter mufic than their own to hear ; But tell the reeds , and tell the vocal fhore , Fair Daphne's dead , and Mufic is no more ! 60 Her fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in fighs ...
Page 43
... streams , and groves , Adieu , ye fhepherds ' rural lays and loves ; Adieu , my flocks ; farewell , ye fylvan crew ; Daphne , farewell ; and all the world adieu ! VARIATION . Ver . 83. Originally thus in the MS . 85 90 MES- While ...
... streams , and groves , Adieu , ye fhepherds ' rural lays and loves ; Adieu , my flocks ; farewell , ye fylvan crew ; Daphne , farewell ; and all the world adieu ! VARIATION . Ver . 83. Originally thus in the MS . 85 90 MES- While ...
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