Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 |
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... flies . See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant fprings And mounts exulting on triumphant wings . Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound , Flutters in blood , and panting beats the ground . Ah ! what avail his gloffy , varying ...
... flies . See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant fprings And mounts exulting on triumphant wings . Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound , Flutters in blood , and panting beats the ground . Ah ! what avail his gloffy , varying ...
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... fly , When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid fky ; Not half fo fwiftly the fierce eagle moves , When thro ' the clouds he drives the trembling doves ; As from the God fhe flew with furious pace , Or as the God , more furious , urg'd ...
... fly , When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid fky ; Not half fo fwiftly the fierce eagle moves , When thro ' the clouds he drives the trembling doves ; As from the God fhe flew with furious pace , Or as the God , more furious , urg'd ...
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... fly the years , and rife th ' expected morn ! Oh fpring to light , aufpicious Babe , be born ! See nature haftes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incenfe of the breathing fpring : See lofty e Lebanon his head advance , See ...
... fly the years , and rife th ' expected morn ! Oh fpring to light , aufpicious Babe , be born ! See nature haftes her earliest wreaths to bring , With all the incenfe of the breathing fpring : See lofty e Lebanon his head advance , See ...
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... fly . Those oft ' are ftratagems which errors seem , Nor is it Homer nods , but we that dream . Still green with bays each ancient altar ftands , Above the reach of facrilegious hands ; Secure from flames , from envy's fiercer rage ...
... fly . Those oft ' are ftratagems which errors seem , Nor is it Homer nods , but we that dream . Still green with bays each ancient altar ftands , Above the reach of facrilegious hands ; Secure from flames , from envy's fiercer rage ...
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... Flies o'er th'unbending corn , and fkims along the main . Hear how Timotheus ' various lays furprize , And bid alternate paffions fall and rife ! While , at each change , the fon of Lybian Jove Now burns with - glory , and then melts ...
... Flies o'er th'unbending corn , and fkims along the main . Hear how Timotheus ' various lays furprize , And bid alternate paffions fall and rife ! While , at each change , the fon of Lybian Jove Now burns with - glory , and then melts ...
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