The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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Page 60
... Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obfcene to gaping tombs retires , And favage howlings fill the sacred quires . Aw'd by his Nobles , by his Commons curft , Th ' Oppreffor ...
... Round broken columns clasping ivy twin'd ; O'er heaps of ruin stalk'd the stately hind ; The fox obfcene to gaping tombs retires , And favage howlings fill the sacred quires . Aw'd by his Nobles , by his Commons curft , Th ' Oppreffor ...
Page 69
... round his urn . VARIATIONS . Where I obfcurely pafs my careless days , Pleas'd in the filent fhade with empty praise , Enough for me that to the liftening fwains First in these fields I fung the fylvan strains . Ver . 307. Originally ...
... round his urn . VARIATIONS . Where I obfcurely pafs my careless days , Pleas'd in the filent fhade with empty praise , Enough for me that to the liftening fwains First in these fields I fung the fylvan strains . Ver . 307. Originally ...
Page 73
... round the frozen Pole ; 390 Or under fouthern skies exalt their fails , Led by new stars , and borne by spicy gales ! For me the balm fhall bleed , and amber flow , The coral redden , and the ruby glow , The pearly fhell its lucid globe ...
... round the frozen Pole ; 390 Or under fouthern skies exalt their fails , Led by new stars , and borne by spicy gales ! For me the balm fhall bleed , and amber flow , The coral redden , and the ruby glow , The pearly fhell its lucid globe ...
Page 78
... round , And men grew heroes at the found , Enflam'd with glory's charms : Each chief his fevenfold shield display'd , And half unsheath'd the shining blade : And feas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms ! 45 But ...
... round , And men grew heroes at the found , Enflam'd with glory's charms : Each chief his fevenfold shield display'd , And half unsheath'd the shining blade : And feas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms ! 45 But ...
Page 79
... round their heads . V. By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er the Elyfian flowers ; By thofe happy fouls who dwell In yellow meads of Afphodel , Or Amaranthine bowers ; 75 By By the hero's armed fhades ...
... round their heads . V. By the streams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er the Elyfian flowers ; By thofe happy fouls who dwell In yellow meads of Afphodel , Or Amaranthine bowers ; 75 By By the hero's armed fhades ...
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