The Works of the English Poets, Volumes 17-19G. Bigg, 1779 - 2 pages |
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Page 15
... wild neceffity , Nor lodges pity in their shaggy breast . But Man , whom Nature form'd of milder clay , With every kind emotion in his heart , And taught alone to weep ; while from her lap She pours ten thousand delicacies , herbs , And ...
... wild neceffity , Nor lodges pity in their shaggy breast . But Man , whom Nature form'd of milder clay , With every kind emotion in his heart , And taught alone to weep ; while from her lap She pours ten thousand delicacies , herbs , And ...
Page 18
... wild the lily of the vale Its balmy effence breathes , where cowflips hang 445 The dewy head , where purple violets lurk , With all the lowly children of the shade : Or lie reclin'd beneath yon spreading ash , Hung o'er the fteep ...
... wild the lily of the vale Its balmy effence breathes , where cowflips hang 445 The dewy head , where purple violets lurk , With all the lowly children of the shade : Or lie reclin'd beneath yon spreading ash , Hung o'er the fteep ...
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... wild ; Where , undisguis'd by mimic Art , the spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye . Here their delicious task the fervent bees , 505 In fwarming millions , tend : around , athwart , Through the soft air , the busy nations fly ...
... wild ; Where , undisguis'd by mimic Art , the spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye . Here their delicious task the fervent bees , 505 In fwarming millions , tend : around , athwart , Through the soft air , the busy nations fly ...
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... wild - duck , hence , 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 ...
... wild - duck , hence , 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 ...
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... wild he bursts away ; O'er rocks , and woods , and craggy mountains flies : And , neighing , on th ' aërial fummit takes Th ' exciting gale ; then , fteep - defcending , cleaves The headlong torrents foaming down the hills , Ev'n where ...
... wild he bursts away ; O'er rocks , and woods , and craggy mountains flies : And , neighing , on th ' aërial fummit takes Th ' exciting gale ; then , fteep - defcending , cleaves The headlong torrents foaming down the hills , Ev'n where ...
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æther amid beam beauty beneath blifs bloom bofom boundleſs breaſt breath breeze chearful clouds deep defcends delight earth eaſe Ev'n facred fafe fair fame favage fave feafon fecret fenfe fhade fhines fhore fide figh filent filk fing firſt fkies flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow focial foft folemn fome fong fons foreft foul ftill ftorm fuch fudden funk fwain fweet fwell gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf laſt lefs loft looſe mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe mufic Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace plain pleaſure Pour'd praiſe rage raiſe reſtleſs rife round ſcarce ſcene ſhade ſhake ſhe ſkies ſky ſpirit ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm ſtream ſweep tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil treaſures vale virtue waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wiſdom woods worfe