The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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Page 29
... cloud - piercing hill Plinlimmon , from afar the traveller kens Astonish'd how the goats their shrubby browse Gnaw pendent ; nor untrembling canst thou see How from a scraggy rock whose prominence Half overshades the.
... cloud - piercing hill Plinlimmon , from afar the traveller kens Astonish'd how the goats their shrubby browse Gnaw pendent ; nor untrembling canst thou see How from a scraggy rock whose prominence Half overshades the.
Page 37
... clouds ; A sound in air presag'd approaching rain , And beasts to covert scud across the plain . Warn'd by the signs , the wandering pair retreat , To seek for shelter at a neighbouring seat . ' Twas built with turrets on a rising ...
... clouds ; A sound in air presag'd approaching rain , And beasts to covert scud across the plain . Warn'd by the signs , the wandering pair retreat , To seek for shelter at a neighbouring seat . ' Twas built with turrets on a rising ...
Page 38
... clouds in airy tumult fly ; The sun emerging opes an azure sky ; A fresher green the smelling leaves display , And , glittering as they tremble , cheer the day : The weather courts them from the poor retreat , And the glad master bolts ...
... clouds in airy tumult fly ; The sun emerging opes an azure sky ; A fresher green the smelling leaves display , And , glittering as they tremble , cheer the day : The weather courts them from the poor retreat , And the glad master bolts ...
Page 45
... cloud , To damp our brainless ardours ; and abate That glare of life which often blinds the wise . Our dying friends are pioneers , to smooth Our rugged pass to death ; to break those bars Of terror and abhorrence Nature throws Cross ...
... cloud , To damp our brainless ardours ; and abate That glare of life which often blinds the wise . Our dying friends are pioneers , to smooth Our rugged pass to death ; to break those bars Of terror and abhorrence Nature throws Cross ...
Page 61
... clouds , the bluish hills ascend . Ev'n the wild heath displays her purple dyes , And , midst the desert , fruitful fields arise , That , crown'd with tufted trees and springing corn , Like verdant isles the sable waste adorn ...
... clouds , the bluish hills ascend . Ev'n the wild heath displays her purple dyes , And , midst the desert , fruitful fields arise , That , crown'd with tufted trees and springing corn , Like verdant isles the sable waste adorn ...
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