A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
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... flows , Provok'd , the Genius of the river rose , * And thus exclaim'd- " Have I , ye British fwains , " Have I , for ages , lav'd your fertile plains ? " Given herds , and flocks , and villages increase , " And fed a richer than the ...
... flows , Provok'd , the Genius of the river rose , * And thus exclaim'd- " Have I , ye British fwains , " Have I , for ages , lav'd your fertile plains ? " Given herds , and flocks , and villages increase , " And fed a richer than the ...
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... flow'ry way . III . Much did the view divide his wavering mind : Now glow'd his breast with generous thirst of fame ; Now love of eafe to fofter thoughts inclin'd His yielding foul , and quench'd the rifing flame . When , lo ! far off ...
... flow'ry way . III . Much did the view divide his wavering mind : Now glow'd his breast with generous thirst of fame ; Now love of eafe to fofter thoughts inclin'd His yielding foul , and quench'd the rifing flame . When , lo ! far off ...
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... flow'd adown , so loose and thin , Her ftature shew'd more tall ; more snowy - white , her skin . VI . Oft with a smile fhe view'd herself askance ; Ev'n on her fhade a conscious look fhe threw ; Then all around her caft a careless ...
... flow'd adown , so loose and thin , Her ftature shew'd more tall ; more snowy - white , her skin . VI . Oft with a smile fhe view'd herself askance ; Ev'n on her fhade a conscious look fhe threw ; Then all around her caft a careless ...
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... cool'd with fummer fnows ; " The dainty board , with choiceft viands fpread ; " To thee are taftelefs all ! Sincere repose " Flies from thy flow'ry couch and downy bed . " For " For thou art only tir'd with indolence : " [ 13 ]
... cool'd with fummer fnows ; " The dainty board , with choiceft viands fpread ; " To thee are taftelefs all ! Sincere repose " Flies from thy flow'ry couch and downy bed . " For " For thou art only tir'd with indolence : " [ 13 ]
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... Flows the pure fountain of fincere delights « Averse to her , you wafte the joyless hours ; Steep drowns thy days , and riot rules thy nights . " Immortal tho ' thou art , indignant Jove " Hurl'd thee from heaven , th ' immortals ...
... Flows the pure fountain of fincere delights « Averse to her , you wafte the joyless hours ; Steep drowns thy days , and riot rules thy nights . " Immortal tho ' thou art , indignant Jove " Hurl'd thee from heaven , th ' immortals ...
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