Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 |
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... spirits swell the sprightly flood , Now range the hills , the thickest woods befet , Wind the shrill horn , or spread the waving net . When milder autumn fummer's heat fucceeds , And in the new - fhorn field the partridge feeds , Before ...
... spirits swell the sprightly flood , Now range the hills , the thickest woods befet , Wind the shrill horn , or spread the waving net . When milder autumn fummer's heat fucceeds , And in the new - fhorn field the partridge feeds , Before ...
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... spirits swell the sprightly flood , Now range the hills , the thickest woods befet , Wind the Whe the waving net . eat fucceeds , Secure they trust th ' unfaithful field , beset ,. rt feeds , grounds , prey ; Conqueror . Secure Cap . 1xv ...
... spirits swell the sprightly flood , Now range the hills , the thickest woods befet , Wind the Whe the waving net . eat fucceeds , Secure they trust th ' unfaithful field , beset ,. rt feeds , grounds , prey ; Conqueror . Secure Cap . 1xv ...
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... spirit o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystick dove . Yeb heav'ns ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft filence shed the kindly show'r ! The fick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a ...
... spirit o'er its leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystick dove . Yeb heav'ns ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft filence shed the kindly show'r ! The fick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storms a ...
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... supply provides , Works without show , and without pomp prefides In some fair body thus the fecret foul With spirits feeds , with vigour fills the whole , Each Each motion guides , and ev'ry nerve sustains ; Itself 38 Miscellaneous POEMS.
... supply provides , Works without show , and without pomp prefides In some fair body thus the fecret foul With spirits feeds , with vigour fills the whole , Each Each motion guides , and ev'ry nerve sustains ; Itself 38 Miscellaneous POEMS.
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... worth deny'd , She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For as in bodies , thus in fouls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with wind : Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our Pride , 44 Miscellaneous POEMS.
... worth deny'd , She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For as in bodies , thus in fouls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with wind : Pride , where wit fails , steps in to our Pride , 44 Miscellaneous POEMS.
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