The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... grove , The branches shoot with gold ; where'er his step Marks the glad foil , the tender clusters grow With purple ripeness , and invest each hill As with the blushes of an evening sky ? 290 295 Or wilt thou rather stoop thy vagrant ...
... grove , The branches shoot with gold ; where'er his step Marks the glad foil , the tender clusters grow With purple ripeness , and invest each hill As with the blushes of an evening sky ? 290 295 Or wilt thou rather stoop thy vagrant ...
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... grove Where wisdom talk'd with her Athenian fons , Could my ambitious hand intwine a wreath Of Plato's olive with the Mantuan bay , 395 400 405 Then should my powerful verse at once difpell Those monkish horrors : then in light divine ...
... grove Where wisdom talk'd with her Athenian fons , Could my ambitious hand intwine a wreath Of Plato's olive with the Mantuan bay , 395 400 405 Then should my powerful verse at once difpell Those monkish horrors : then in light divine ...
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... grove . Then melted into air the liquid cloud , ' " Then all the fhining vision stood reveal'd : A wreath of palm his ample forehead bound , And o'er his shoulder , mantling to his knee , Flow'd the transparent robe , around his waist ...
... grove . Then melted into air the liquid cloud , ' " Then all the fhining vision stood reveal'd : A wreath of palm his ample forehead bound , And o'er his shoulder , mantling to his knee , Flow'd the transparent robe , around his waist ...
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... grove , a clear and murmuring fountain , a calm sea by moon - light ; or from works of art , such as a noble edifice , a musical tune , a statue , a picture , a poem . In treating of these pleasures , we must begin with the former class ...
... grove , a clear and murmuring fountain , a calm sea by moon - light ; or from works of art , such as a noble edifice , a musical tune , a statue , a picture , a poem . In treating of these pleasures , we must begin with the former class ...
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... grove , The branches bloom with gold ; where'er his foot Imprints the foil , the ripening clusters fwell , Turning afide their foliage , and come forth In purple lights , till every hilloc grows As with the blushes of an evening sky ...
... grove , The branches bloom with gold ; where'er his foot Imprints the foil , the ripening clusters fwell , Turning afide their foliage , and come forth In purple lights , till every hilloc grows As with the blushes of an evening sky ...
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