Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 |
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... 'd with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again , A 4 Not Not Chaos - like together crush'd and bruis'd , But T ...
... 'd with equal flame , Like them in beauty , should be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water seem to strive again , A 4 Not Not Chaos - like together crush'd and bruis'd , But T ...
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... fame notes , of love , and foft defire : Fair Geraldine , bright object of his vow , Then fill'd the groves , as heav'nly Myra now . Oh would'st thou sing what heroes Windfor bore , What Kings first breath'd upon her winding shore , Or ...
... fame notes , of love , and foft defire : Fair Geraldine , bright object of his vow , Then fill'd the groves , as heav'nly Myra now . Oh would'st thou sing what heroes Windfor bore , What Kings first breath'd upon her winding shore , Or ...
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... fame , as in the fea their streams . Let Volga's banks with iron squadrons shine , And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine , Let barb'rous Ganges arm a fervile train ; Be mine the blessings of a peaceful reign . No more my fons shall ...
... fame , as in the fea their streams . Let Volga's banks with iron squadrons shine , And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine , Let barb'rous Ganges arm a fervile train ; Be mine the blessings of a peaceful reign . No more my fons shall ...
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... fame of Albion's golden days . The thoughts of Gods let Granville's verse recite , And bring the scenes of op'ning fate to light . My humble Muse , in unambitious strains , Paints the green forests and the flow'ry plains , B Where Where ...
... fame of Albion's golden days . The thoughts of Gods let Granville's verse recite , And bring the scenes of op'ning fate to light . My humble Muse , in unambitious strains , Paints the green forests and the flow'ry plains , B Where Where ...
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... fame hand that fow'd shall reap the field . The swain in barrenn desarts with furprize See lillies spring , and sudden verdure rise , And starts , amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murm'ring in his ear : On rifted ...
... fame hand that fow'd shall reap the field . The swain in barrenn desarts with furprize See lillies spring , and sudden verdure rise , And starts , amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murm'ring in his ear : On rifted ...
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