The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... tears ; The winds and trees and floods her death deplore , Daphne , our grief ! our glory now no more ! 65 But fee ! where Daphne wondering mounts on high Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal beauties grace the fhining ...
... tears ; The winds and trees and floods her death deplore , Daphne , our grief ! our glory now no more ! 65 But fee ! where Daphne wondering mounts on high Above the clouds , above the starry sky ! Eternal beauties grace the fhining ...
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... tear . In § adamantine chains fhall Death be bound , And Hell's grim tyrant feel th ' eternal wound . As the good fhepherd tends his fleecy care , Seeks freshest pasture , and the purest air , Explores the loft , the wandering fheep ...
... tear . In § adamantine chains fhall Death be bound , And Hell's grim tyrant feel th ' eternal wound . As the good fhepherd tends his fleecy care , Seeks freshest pasture , and the purest air , Explores the loft , the wandering fheep ...
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... tears his frustrate labour yields , 55 And famifh'd dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or fubject flain Were equal crimes in a defpotic reign ? Both doom'd alike for fportive Tyrants bled , But , while the ...
... tears his frustrate labour yields , 55 And famifh'd dies amidst his ripen'd fields . What wonder then , a beast or fubject flain Were equal crimes in a defpotic reign ? Both doom'd alike for fportive Tyrants bled , But , while the ...
Page 65
... tears the lay , In a foft filver ftream diffolv'd away . The filver stream her virgin coldness keeps , For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the hapless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she rang'd before ...
... tears the lay , In a foft filver ftream diffolv'd away . The filver stream her virgin coldness keeps , For ever murmurs , and for ever weeps ; Still bears the name the hapless virgin bore , And bathes the forest where she rang'd before ...
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... tears the river shed , When the fad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping fwans on every note expire , And on his willows hung each Mufe's lyre . Since fate relentless stopp'd their heavenly voice , No more the forefts ring , or ...
... tears the river shed , When the fad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping fwans on every note expire , And on his willows hung each Mufe's lyre . Since fate relentless stopp'd their heavenly voice , No more the forefts ring , or ...
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