The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... wind , Nor dare again the British strength engage ; Still they remember that destructive rage Which lately made their ... winds could hardly drive them to their fate , And all the ocean laboured with the weight . Where'er the waves in ...
... wind , Nor dare again the British strength engage ; Still they remember that destructive rage Which lately made their ... winds could hardly drive them to their fate , And all the ocean laboured with the weight . Where'er the waves in ...
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... wind ; For winds divert them in their flight , and drive The swarms , when loaden homeward , from their hive . Nor sheep , nor goats , must pasture near their stores , To trample under - foot the springing flowers ; Nor frisking heifers ...
... wind ; For winds divert them in their flight , and drive The swarms , when loaden homeward , from their hive . Nor sheep , nor goats , must pasture near their stores , To trample under - foot the springing flowers ; Nor frisking heifers ...
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... wind , Should dip or scatter those that lag behind , Here they may settle on the friendly stone , And dry their reeking pinions at the sun . Plant all the flowery banks with lavender , With store of savoury scent the fragrant air ; Let ...
... wind , Should dip or scatter those that lag behind , Here they may settle on the friendly stone , And dry their reeking pinions at the sun . Plant all the flowery banks with lavender , With store of savoury scent the fragrant air ; Let ...
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... winds through distant tracts of air , And view the winged cloud all blackening from afar ; While shady coverts and fresh streams they choose , Milfoil and common honey - suckles bruise , And sprinkle on their hives the fragrant juice ...
... winds through distant tracts of air , And view the winged cloud all blackening from afar ; While shady coverts and fresh streams they choose , Milfoil and common honey - suckles bruise , And sprinkle on their hives the fragrant juice ...
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... winds and storms are nigh , Nor trust their bodies to a faithless sky , But make small journeys with a careful wing , And fly to water at a neighbouring spring ; And lest their airy bodies should be cast In restless whirls , the sport ...
... winds and storms are nigh , Nor trust their bodies to a faithless sky , But make small journeys with a careful wing , And fly to water at a neighbouring spring ; And lest their airy bodies should be cast In restless whirls , the sport ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.