The Works of the English Poets, 20. köideJ. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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... skies . The flumbering God , amaz'd at this new din , Thrice ftrove to rife , and thrice funk down again . Liftlefs he stretch'd and gaping rubb'd his eyes , Then falter'd thus betwixt half words and fighs : How impotent a deity am I ...
... skies . The flumbering God , amaz'd at this new din , Thrice ftrove to rife , and thrice funk down again . Liftlefs he stretch'd and gaping rubb'd his eyes , Then falter'd thus betwixt half words and fighs : How impotent a deity am I ...
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... skies . Nor climes nor feafons his refolves control , Th ' equator has no heat , no ice the pole . With arms refiftlefs o'er the globe he flies , And leaves to Jove the empire of the fkies . But , as the flothful God to yawn begun , He ...
... skies . Nor climes nor feafons his refolves control , Th ' equator has no heat , no ice the pole . With arms refiftlefs o'er the globe he flies , And leaves to Jove the empire of the fkies . But , as the flothful God to yawn begun , He ...
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... skies , and fry the ocean's back " As he went rumbling on , the Fury straight Crawl'd in , her limbs could fcarce fupport her weight . A rueful rag her meagre forehead bound , And faintly her furr'd lips these accents found : Mortal ...
... skies , and fry the ocean's back " As he went rumbling on , the Fury straight Crawl'd in , her limbs could fcarce fupport her weight . A rueful rag her meagre forehead bound , And faintly her furr'd lips these accents found : Mortal ...
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... skies , Swift as a wish , the miflionary flies : With wonder he furveys the upper air , And the gay gilded meteors fporting there ; How lambent jellies , kindling in the night , Shoot through the æther in a trail of light ; How rifing ...
... skies , Swift as a wish , the miflionary flies : With wonder he furveys the upper air , And the gay gilded meteors fporting there ; How lambent jellies , kindling in the night , Shoot through the æther in a trail of light ; How rifing ...
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... skies ; His towering brows aloft no tempefts know , Whilft lightning flies , and thunder rolls below . Diftant from hence beyond a waste of plains , Proud Teneriff , his giant brother , reigns ; With breathing fire his pitchy noftrils ...
... skies ; His towering brows aloft no tempefts know , Whilft lightning flies , and thunder rolls below . Diftant from hence beyond a waste of plains , Proud Teneriff , his giant brother , reigns ; With breathing fire his pitchy noftrils ...
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