The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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Page 10
... o'er th ' interminable plain , In twinkling myriads lights the dewy gems . 190 195 200 Moist , bright , and green , the landskip laughs around . Full fwell the woods ; their very mufic wakes , Mix'd in wild concert with the warbling ...
... o'er th ' interminable plain , In twinkling myriads lights the dewy gems . 190 195 200 Moist , bright , and green , the landskip laughs around . Full fwell the woods ; their very mufic wakes , Mix'd in wild concert with the warbling ...
Page 14
... o'er the high - pil'd hills of fractur❜d earth Wide dafh'd the waves , in undulation vast ; Till , from the center to the ftreaming clouds , A fhoreless ocean tumbled round the globe . 310 315 The Seasons fince have , with feverer fway ...
... o'er the high - pil'd hills of fractur❜d earth Wide dafh'd the waves , in undulation vast ; Till , from the center to the ftreaming clouds , A fhoreless ocean tumbled round the globe . 310 315 The Seasons fince have , with feverer fway ...
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... o'er all their velvet leaves ; And full ranunculas of glowing red . 535 Then comes the tulip - race , where Beauty plays Her idle freaks ; from family diffus'd To family , as flies the father - dust , The varied colours run ; and ...
... o'er all their velvet leaves ; And full ranunculas of glowing red . 535 Then comes the tulip - race , where Beauty plays Her idle freaks ; from family diffus'd To family , as flies the father - dust , The varied colours run ; and ...
Page 23
... o'er the heads Of the coy quirifters that lodge within , Are prodigal of harmony . The thrush grove : 595 And wood - lark , o'er the kind - contending throng Superior heard , run through the sweetest length Of notes ; when liftening ...
... o'er the heads Of the coy quirifters that lodge within , Are prodigal of harmony . The thrush grove : 595 And wood - lark , o'er the kind - contending throng Superior heard , run through the sweetest length Of notes ; when liftening ...
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... O'er the rough mofs , and o'er the trackless waste The heath - hen flutters , pious fraud ! to lead The hot pursuing spaniel far aftray . Be not the Mufe afham'd , here to bemoan Her Her brothers of the grove , by tyrant man Inhuman 26 ...
... O'er the rough mofs , and o'er the trackless waste The heath - hen flutters , pious fraud ! to lead The hot pursuing spaniel far aftray . Be not the Mufe afham'd , here to bemoan Her Her brothers of the grove , by tyrant man Inhuman 26 ...
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