Poetical Works, to which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJ.J.Woodward, 1836 |
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... beneath this stone . The epitaph on Withers affords another instance of common - places , though somewhat diversified , by mingled qualities , and the peculiarity of a pro- fession . This epitaph contains of the brother only a gene- ral ...
... beneath this stone . The epitaph on Withers affords another instance of common - places , though somewhat diversified , by mingled qualities , and the peculiarity of a pro- fession . This epitaph contains of the brother only a gene- ral ...
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... BENEATH the shade a spreading beech displays , Hylas and Egon sang their rural lays : This mourn'd a faithless , that an absent love ; And Delia's name and Doris ' fill'd the grove . Ye Mantuan nymphs , your sacred succours bring ...
... BENEATH the shade a spreading beech displays , Hylas and Egon sang their rural lays : This mourn'd a faithless , that an absent love ; And Delia's name and Doris ' fill'd the grove . Ye Mantuan nymphs , your sacred succours bring ...
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... Beneath yon poplar oft we pass'd the day : Oft on the rind I carved her amorous vows , While she with garlands hung the bending boughs ; The garlands fade , the vows are worn away : So dies my love , and so my hopes decay . Resound , ye ...
... Beneath yon poplar oft we pass'd the day : Oft on the rind I carved her amorous vows , While she with garlands hung the bending boughs ; The garlands fade , the vows are worn away : So dies my love , and so my hopes decay . Resound , ye ...
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... beneath the quivering shade , Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead , The patient fisher takes his silent stand , Intent , his angle trembling in his hand ; With looks unmoved , he hopes the scaly breed , And eyes the dancing ...
... beneath the quivering shade , Where cooling vapours breathe along the mead , The patient fisher takes his silent stand , Intent , his angle trembling in his hand ; With looks unmoved , he hopes the scaly breed , And eyes the dancing ...
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... beneath . Some to the sun their insect wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms too fine for mortal sight , Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light . Loose to the wind their airy garments flew ...
... beneath . Some to the sun their insect wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms too fine for mortal sight , Their fluid bodies half dissolved in light . Loose to the wind their airy garments flew ...
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