The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Broome, Pope, Pitt, ThomsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... skies ; The warbling lark salutes her chearful ray , And welcomes with his song the rising day ; The rising day ambrosial dew distils , Th ' ambrosial dew with balmy odour fills The flowers , the flowers rejoice , and Nature smiles ...
... skies ; The warbling lark salutes her chearful ray , And welcomes with his song the rising day ; The rising day ambrosial dew distils , Th ' ambrosial dew with balmy odour fills The flowers , the flowers rejoice , and Nature smiles ...
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... skies ? He from his urn pours forth his golden streams , And humid clouds imbibe the glittering beams ; Sweetly the varying colours fade or rise , And the vast arch embraces half the skies . Say , didst thou give the mighty seas their ...
... skies ? He from his urn pours forth his golden streams , And humid clouds imbibe the glittering beams ; Sweetly the varying colours fade or rise , And the vast arch embraces half the skies . Say , didst thou give the mighty seas their ...
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... skies : Unmindful of his bride , in vain Soft beauty pleads ! along the plain The stag he chases , or beguiles The furious boar into his toils . For you the blooming ivy grows , Proud to adorn your learned brows ; Patron of letters you ...
... skies : Unmindful of his bride , in vain Soft beauty pleads ! along the plain The stag he chases , or beguiles The furious boar into his toils . For you the blooming ivy grows , Proud to adorn your learned brows ; Patron of letters you ...
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... skies . O happier thou , my friend , with ease content , Blest with the conscience of a life well - spent ! Nor would'st be great ; but guide thy gather'd sails , Safe by the shore , nor tempt the rougher gales ; For sure , of all that ...
... skies . O happier thou , my friend , with ease content , Blest with the conscience of a life well - spent ! Nor would'st be great ; but guide thy gather'd sails , Safe by the shore , nor tempt the rougher gales ; For sure , of all that ...
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... skies ; The heavens above , the fields and floods beneath , Glare formidably bright , and shine with death ; In fiery storms descends a murderous shower , Thick flash the lightnings , fierce the thunders roar . As when in wrathful mood ...
... skies ; The heavens above , the fields and floods beneath , Glare formidably bright , and shine with death ; In fiery storms descends a murderous shower , Thick flash the lightnings , fierce the thunders roar . As when in wrathful mood ...
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Adrastus ancient Bavius beauty behold beneath blest breast breath bright Britons charms clouds courser critics Cynthus death deep delight dreadful Dulness Dunciad Earth edition Essay on Criticism Ev'n eyes fair fame fate fire flame flood fools genius glory goddess grace Greece groves hand happy heart Heaven hero Homer honour Iliad Jove king labour live lord lord Bolingbroke lyre mankind mighty mind mortal Muse Nature never night numbers nymph o'er once passion peace plain pleas'd poem poet Pope praise pride proud racter rage reign rise Rome round sacred Sappho satire scene shade shine shore sighs sing skies smile soft song soul spring streams sweet swell Swift tears tempest thee thine thou thought thunder toil trembling truth verse Virgil virgin virtue waves wild winds wings youth