The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 17-19G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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... See , how at once the bright effulgent fun , Rifing direct , fwift chaces from the sky The short - liv'd twilight ; and with ardent blaze Looks gaily fierce through all the dazzling air : He mounts his throne ; but kind before him sends ...
... See , how at once the bright effulgent fun , Rifing direct , fwift chaces from the sky The short - liv'd twilight ; and with ardent blaze Looks gaily fierce through all the dazzling air : He mounts his throne ; but kind before him sends ...
Page 122
... See the grim wolf ; on him his fhaggy foe Vindictive fix , and let the ruffian die : Or , growling horrid , as the brindled boar Grins fell deftruction , to the monster's heart Let the dart lighten from the nervous arm . Thefe Britain ...
... See the grim wolf ; on him his fhaggy foe Vindictive fix , and let the ruffian die : Or , growling horrid , as the brindled boar Grins fell deftruction , to the monster's heart Let the dart lighten from the nervous arm . Thefe Britain ...
Page 134
... see the fands , The pebbly gravel next , the layers then Of mingled moulds , of more retentive earths , The gutter'd rocks , and mazy - running clefts ; That , while the stealing moisture they tranfmit , Retard its motion , and forbid ...
... see the fands , The pebbly gravel next , the layers then Of mingled moulds , of more retentive earths , The gutter'd rocks , and mazy - running clefts ; That , while the stealing moisture they tranfmit , Retard its motion , and forbid ...
Page 146
... return , Afford them shelter from the wintery winds ? Or , as the sharp year pinches , with their own Again regale them on fome fmiling day ? 1190 See See where the ftony bottom of their town Looks defolate 146 POEMS . THOMSON'S.
... return , Afford them shelter from the wintery winds ? Or , as the sharp year pinches , with their own Again regale them on fome fmiling day ? 1190 See See where the ftony bottom of their town Looks defolate 146 POEMS . THOMSON'S.
Page 147
James Thomson, Samuel Johnson Charles Bathurst (Londres). See where the ftony bottom of their town Looks defolate , and wild ; with here and there A helpless number , who the ruin'd state Survive , lamenting weak , caft out to death ...
James Thomson, Samuel Johnson Charles Bathurst (Londres). See where the ftony bottom of their town Looks defolate , and wild ; with here and there A helpless number , who the ruin'd state Survive , lamenting weak , caft out to death ...
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