The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... fate beside a silver spring ; Where gentle Thames his winding waters leads Thro ' verdant forefts , and thro ' flowery meads . Ver . 3. Originally thus in the MS . There to the winds he plain'd his hapless love , And Amaryllis fill'd ...
... fate beside a silver spring ; Where gentle Thames his winding waters leads Thro ' verdant forefts , and thro ' flowery meads . Ver . 3. Originally thus in the MS . There to the winds he plain'd his hapless love , And Amaryllis fill'd ...
Page 40
... fate , and Daphne's praife ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that fhine with filver froft , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure loft . Here fhall I try the fweet Alexis ' ftrain , That call'd the liftening Dryads to the plain ? Thames ...
... fate , and Daphne's praife ! THYRSIS . Behold the groves that fhine with filver froft , Their beauty wither'd , and their verdure loft . Here fhall I try the fweet Alexis ' ftrain , That call'd the liftening Dryads to the plain ? Thames ...
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... fate bemoan , 20 25 30 35- In notes more fad than when they fing their own ; 40 In hollow caves fweet Echo filent lies , Silent , or only to her name replies ; VARIATION . Ver . 29. Originally thus in the MS . Her ' Tis done , and ...
... fate bemoan , 20 25 30 35- In notes more fad than when they fing their own ; 40 In hollow caves fweet Echo filent lies , Silent , or only to her name replies ; VARIATION . Ver . 29. Originally thus in the MS . Her ' Tis done , and ...
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... fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in fighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in every plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the filver flood : The filver flood , fo lately calm , appears Swell'd with new ...
... fate is whisper'd by the gentle breeze , And told in fighs to all the trembling trees ; The trembling trees , in every plain and wood , Her fate remurmur to the filver flood : The filver flood , fo lately calm , appears Swell'd with new ...
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... fate , in long oblivion cast , 165 170 The Mufe fhall fing , and what the fings fhall laft ) . Scarce could the Goddess from her nymph be known , But by the crefcent , and the golden zone . She scorn'd the praise of beauty , and the ...
... fate , in long oblivion cast , 165 170 The Mufe fhall fing , and what the fings fhall laft ) . Scarce could the Goddess from her nymph be known , But by the crefcent , and the golden zone . She scorn'd the praise of beauty , and the ...
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