The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 270
... Hill to Hill , ' Till Contemplation had her fill . About his chequer'd Sides I wind , And leave his Brooks and Meads behind , And Groves , and Grottoes where I lay , And Vistoes shooting Beams of Day : Wider and wider spreads the Vale ...
... Hill to Hill , ' Till Contemplation had her fill . About his chequer'd Sides I wind , And leave his Brooks and Meads behind , And Groves , and Grottoes where I lay , And Vistoes shooting Beams of Day : Wider and wider spreads the Vale ...
Page 312
... hill , the vale , And all the landskip round ! The river gliding down the dale ! The hill with beeches crown'd ! But now , when urg'd by tender woes I speed to meet my dear , That hill and stream my zeal And check my fond career ...
... hill , the vale , And all the landskip round ! The river gliding down the dale ! The hill with beeches crown'd ! But now , when urg'd by tender woes I speed to meet my dear , That hill and stream my zeal And check my fond career ...
Page 457
... hill , Cannot catch a single sound , Save the clack of yonder mill . Cattle court the zephirs bland , Where the ... hill . Languid is the landscape round , Till the fresh descending shower , Grateful to the thirsty ground , Raises ...
... hill , Cannot catch a single sound , Save the clack of yonder mill . Cattle court the zephirs bland , Where the ... hill . Languid is the landscape round , Till the fresh descending shower , Grateful to the thirsty ground , Raises ...
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