The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... Night , in sable rob'd , as day - light fades , O'er half the nations draws her awful shades ; Now peaceful Nature lies diffus'd in ease ; A solemn stillness reigns o'er land and seas . ' Sleep sheds o'er all his balm : to sleep resign ...
... Night , in sable rob'd , as day - light fades , O'er half the nations draws her awful shades ; Now peaceful Nature lies diffus'd in ease ; A solemn stillness reigns o'er land and seas . ' Sleep sheds o'er all his balm : to sleep resign ...
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... night hideous , as he sternly roars . DAPHNIS AND LYCIDAS : A PASTORAL . THEY SING THE DIFFERENT SUCCESS AND ABSENCE OF THEIR LOVES . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND , OF RAINHAM , IN NORFOLK . Sylvæ sunt consule ...
... night hideous , as he sternly roars . DAPHNIS AND LYCIDAS : A PASTORAL . THEY SING THE DIFFERENT SUCCESS AND ABSENCE OF THEIR LOVES . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD VISCOUNT TOWNSHEND , OF RAINHAM , IN NORFOLK . Sylvæ sunt consule ...
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... Night displays her starry train , Soft silver dews impearl the glittering plain ; ' Why flames the star on Walpole's generous breast ? |. In gentle sighs the softly whispering breeze Salutes the flowers , and waves the trembling trees ...
... Night displays her starry train , Soft silver dews impearl the glittering plain ; ' Why flames the star on Walpole's generous breast ? |. In gentle sighs the softly whispering breeze Salutes the flowers , and waves the trembling trees ...
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... night's dark wings this globe sur- round , And the pale Moon begins her solemn round , Bid my free soul to starry orbs repair , Those radiant worlds that float in ambient air , And with a regular confusion stray Oblique , direct , along ...
... night's dark wings this globe sur- round , And the pale Moon begins her solemn round , Bid my free soul to starry orbs repair , Those radiant worlds that float in ambient air , And with a regular confusion stray Oblique , direct , along ...
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... Night invades , Sees a false light relieve the ambient shades , Pleas'd he beholds the bright delusion play , But the false guide shines only to betray : TRENT . Μνήμα δῶρον τοι τοῦτο δίδωμι Odyssey , lib . 15 . O THOU , whose virtues ...
... Night invades , Sees a false light relieve the ambient shades , Pleas'd he beholds the bright delusion play , But the false guide shines only to betray : TRENT . Μνήμα δῶρον τοι τοῦτο δίδωμι Odyssey , lib . 15 . O THOU , whose virtues ...
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