The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 17-19G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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Page 22
... various vegetative tribes , Wrapt in a filmy net , and clad with leaves , Draw the live ether , and imbibe the dew : By Thee difpos'd into congenial foils , Stands each attractive plant , and fucks , and swells The juicy tide ; a ...
... various vegetative tribes , Wrapt in a filmy net , and clad with leaves , Draw the live ether , and imbibe the dew : By Thee difpos'd into congenial foils , Stands each attractive plant , and fucks , and swells The juicy tide ; a ...
Page 29
... various polity furvey Of the mixt houfhold kind . The careful hen 770 Calls all her chirping family around , Fed and defended by the fearless cock ; 775 Whofe breaft with ardour flames , as on he walks , Graceful , and crows defiance ...
... various polity furvey Of the mixt houfhold kind . The careful hen 770 Calls all her chirping family around , Fed and defended by the fearless cock ; 775 Whofe breaft with ardour flames , as on he walks , Graceful , and crows defiance ...
Page 31
... various cadence ; and his fportive lambs , This way and that convolv'd , in friskful glee , Their frolicks play . And now the sprightly race Invites them forth ; when fwift , the fignal given , They start away , and sweep the massy ...
... various cadence ; and his fportive lambs , This way and that convolv'd , in friskful glee , Their frolicks play . And now the sprightly race Invites them forth ; when fwift , the fignal given , They start away , and sweep the massy ...
Page 34
... various voice Of rural peace : the herds , the flocks , the birds , The hollow - whifpering breeze , the plaint of rills , That , purling down amid the twisted roots Which creep around , their dewy murmurs fhake On the footh'd ear ...
... various voice Of rural peace : the herds , the flocks , the birds , The hollow - whifpering breeze , the plaint of rills , That , purling down amid the twisted roots Which creep around , their dewy murmurs fhake On the footh'd ear ...
Page 42
... various Nature preffing on the heart : An elegant fufficiency , content , Retirement , rural quiet , friendship , books , Eafe and alternate labour , useful life , Progreffive virtue , and approving Heaven . These are the matchlefs joys ...
... various Nature preffing on the heart : An elegant fufficiency , content , Retirement , rural quiet , friendship , books , Eafe and alternate labour , useful life , Progreffive virtue , and approving Heaven . These are the matchlefs joys ...
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