The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... head , And instant thunder fhook the confcious 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 ...
... head , And instant thunder fhook the confcious 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 ...
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... head . A matron's robe , White as the funshine ftreams through vernal clouds , Her ftately form invefted . Hand in hand The immortal pair forfook the enamel'd green , Afcending flowly . Rays of limpid light 435 340 Gleam'd round their ...
... head . A matron's robe , White as the funshine ftreams through vernal clouds , Her ftately form invefted . Hand in hand The immortal pair forfook the enamel'd green , Afcending flowly . Rays of limpid light 435 340 Gleam'd round their ...
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... head . But thou , my child , Control his cruel phrenzy , and protect Thy tender charge ; that when despair fhall grafp His agonizing bofom , he may learn , Then he may learn to love the gracious hand Alone fufficient in the hour of ill ...
... head . But thou , my child , Control his cruel phrenzy , and protect Thy tender charge ; that when despair fhall grafp His agonizing bofom , he may learn , Then he may learn to love the gracious hand Alone fufficient in the hour of ill ...
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... head With more than regal fplendor ; bends his ears To the full choir of water , air , and earth ; 490 495 Nor heeds the pleafing error of his thought , $ 500 Nor doubts the painted green or azure arch , Nor questions more the mufic's ...
... head With more than regal fplendor ; bends his ears To the full choir of water , air , and earth ; 490 495 Nor heeds the pleafing error of his thought , $ 500 Nor doubts the painted green or azure arch , Nor questions more the mufic's ...
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... head , Or yield the harvest promis'd in its spring . Nor yet will every foil with equal stores Repay the tiller's labour ; or attend 54 His will , obfequious , whether to produce The olive His PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book III . 79.
... head , Or yield the harvest promis'd in its spring . Nor yet will every foil with equal stores Repay the tiller's labour ; or attend 54 His will , obfequious , whether to produce The olive His PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION , Book III . 79.
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