The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 17-19G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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Page 61
... wave . 515 Still let me pierce into the midnight depth Of yonder grove , of wildest largest growth : That , forming high in air a woodland quire , Nods o'er the mount beneath . At every step , Solemn , and flow , the fhadows blacker ...
... wave . 515 Still let me pierce into the midnight depth Of yonder grove , of wildest largest growth : That , forming high in air a woodland quire , Nods o'er the mount beneath . At every step , Solemn , and flow , the fhadows blacker ...
Page 63
... a ceaseless shower . Nor can the tortur'd wave here find repofe : But , raging ftill amid the shaggy rocks , Now dashes o'er the scatter'd fragments , now 595 600 Aflant Aflant the hollow channel rapid darts ; And , falling SUMMER . 63.
... a ceaseless shower . Nor can the tortur'd wave here find repofe : But , raging ftill amid the shaggy rocks , Now dashes o'er the scatter'd fragments , now 595 600 Aflant Aflant the hollow channel rapid darts ; And , falling SUMMER . 63.
Page 66
... wave , And high palmetos lift their graceful shade . 675 Or ftretch'd amid these orchards of the fun , Give me to drain the cocoa's milky bowl , And from the palm to draw its freshening wine ! More bounteous far than all the frantic ...
... wave , And high palmetos lift their graceful shade . 675 Or ftretch'd amid these orchards of the fun , Give me to drain the cocoa's milky bowl , And from the palm to draw its freshening wine ! More bounteous far than all the frantic ...
Page 68
... wave ; Or mid the central depth of blackening woods , High - rais'd in folemn theatre around , Leans the huge elephant : wisest of brutes ! O truly wife ! with gentle might endow'd , Though powerful , not deftructive ! Here he fees ...
... wave ; Or mid the central depth of blackening woods , High - rais'd in folemn theatre around , Leans the huge elephant : wisest of brutes ! O truly wife ! with gentle might endow'd , Though powerful , not deftructive ! Here he fees ...
Page 69
... wave . There on the breezy summit , spreading fair , For many a league ; or on ftupendous rocks , That from the fun - redoubling valley lift , Cool to the middle air , their lawny tops ; Where palaces , and fanes , and villas rife ; 760 ...
... wave . There on the breezy summit , spreading fair , For many a league ; or on ftupendous rocks , That from the fun - redoubling valley lift , Cool to the middle air , their lawny tops ; Where palaces , and fanes , and villas rife ; 760 ...
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