The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... o'er the waves , To feek the Idalian bower . Ye fmiling band Of youths and virgins , who through all the maze Of young defire with rival - steps pursue 335 This charm of beauty ; if the pleasing toil Can yield a moment's refpite ...
... o'er the waves , To feek the Idalian bower . Ye fmiling band Of youths and virgins , who through all the maze Of young defire with rival - steps pursue 335 This charm of beauty ; if the pleasing toil Can yield a moment's refpite ...
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... o'er me , and the winds 185 190 195 200 205 With hoarfer murmuring shook the branches . Dark As midnight storms , the scene of human things Appear'd before me ; defarts , burning fands , Where the parch'd adder dies ; the frozen fouth ...
... o'er me , and the winds 185 190 195 200 205 With hoarfer murmuring shook the branches . Dark As midnight storms , the scene of human things Appear'd before me ; defarts , burning fands , Where the parch'd adder dies ; the frozen fouth ...
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... o'er my 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 ...
... o'er my 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 ...
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... o'er the hanging ridge , 275 280 The brown woods wav'd ; while ever - trickling fprings Wash'd from the naked roots ... o'er the lilied vale ' Clearer than glass it flow'd . Autumnal spoils Luxuriant fpreading to the rays of morn , 285 ...
... o'er the hanging ridge , 275 280 The brown woods wav'd ; while ever - trickling fprings Wash'd from the naked roots ... o'er the lilied vale ' Clearer than glass it flow'd . Autumnal spoils Luxuriant fpreading to the rays of morn , 285 ...
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... o'er his rage , And shining clearer in the horrid gloom . Here ceas'd that awful voice , and foon I felt The cloudy curtain of refreshing eve Was clos'd once more , from that immortal fre Sheltering my eye - lids . Looking up , I view'd ...
... o'er his rage , And shining clearer in the horrid gloom . Here ceas'd that awful voice , and foon I felt The cloudy curtain of refreshing eve Was clos'd once more , from that immortal fre Sheltering my eye - lids . Looking up , I view'd ...
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