The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 125
... Grove nods at grove , each Alley has a brother , And half the platform just reflects the other . The suff'ring eye inverted Nature sees , Trees cut to Statues , Statues thick as trees , With here a Fountain , never to be play'd , And ...
... Grove nods at grove , each Alley has a brother , And half the platform just reflects the other . The suff'ring eye inverted Nature sees , Trees cut to Statues , Statues thick as trees , With here a Fountain , never to be play'd , And ...
Page 605
... ; And hopes thou soon wilt condescend To look upon thy little friend ; That he may boast around his grove A visit from the BIRD OF JOVE . Poems and Plays , 1785 370 HANNAH MORE Conversation ' ER books the mind inactive 605 WILLIAM HAYLEY.
... ; And hopes thou soon wilt condescend To look upon thy little friend ; That he may boast around his grove A visit from the BIRD OF JOVE . Poems and Plays , 1785 370 HANNAH MORE Conversation ' ER books the mind inactive 605 WILLIAM HAYLEY.
Page 706
... grove . The gorgeous altar and the mystic vest Rouse not such ardor in my breast , As where the noon - tide beam , Flash'd from the broken stream , Quick vibrates on the dazzled sight ; Or where the cloud - suspended rain Sweeps in ...
... grove . The gorgeous altar and the mystic vest Rouse not such ardor in my breast , As where the noon - tide beam , Flash'd from the broken stream , Quick vibrates on the dazzled sight ; Or where the cloud - suspended rain Sweeps in ...
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