The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 17-19G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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Page 115
... rise ; " Now to the duft gone down ; his houfes , lands , 245 " And once fair - spreading family , diffolv'd . 250 " ' Tis faid that in fome lone obfcure retreat , " Urg'd by remembrance fad , and decent pride , " Far from those scenes ...
... rise ; " Now to the duft gone down ; his houfes , lands , 245 " And once fair - spreading family , diffolv'd . 250 " ' Tis faid that in fome lone obfcure retreat , " Urg'd by remembrance fad , and decent pride , " Far from those scenes ...
Page 131
... rise ; Amid whofe angles infinitely strain❜d , They joyful leave their jaggy falts behind , And clear and sweeten , as they soak along . Nor stops the restless fluid , mounting ftill , Though oft amidst th ' irriguous vale it springs ...
... rise ; Amid whofe angles infinitely strain❜d , They joyful leave their jaggy falts behind , And clear and sweeten , as they soak along . Nor stops the restless fluid , mounting ftill , Though oft amidst th ' irriguous vale it springs ...
Page 178
... and dumb cascade , Whofe idle torrents only feem to roar , The pendent icicle ; the froft - work fair , Where tranfient hues and fancy'd figures rise ; 750 I Wide - fpouted o'er the hill , the frozen brook Wide- 178 THOMSON'S POEMS .
... and dumb cascade , Whofe idle torrents only feem to roar , The pendent icicle ; the froft - work fair , Where tranfient hues and fancy'd figures rise ; 750 I Wide - fpouted o'er the hill , the frozen brook Wide- 178 THOMSON'S POEMS .
Page 203
... rise at early dawn , " To pass the joyless day in various stounds : " Or , louting low , on upstart fortune fawn , " And fell fair honour for fome paltry pounds ; " Or through the city take your dirty rounds , " To cheat , and dun , and ...
... rise at early dawn , " To pass the joyless day in various stounds : " Or , louting low , on upstart fortune fawn , " And fell fair honour for fome paltry pounds ; " Or through the city take your dirty rounds , " To cheat , and dun , and ...
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