The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 186
... hill , and smoke to roll 45 10 By thousands and by millions , ranged for fight , Equal in number to that godless crew Rebellious . Them with fire and hostile arms Fearless assault ; and , to the brow of heaven Pursuing , drive them out ...
... hill , and smoke to roll 45 10 By thousands and by millions , ranged for fight , Equal in number to that godless crew Rebellious . Them with fire and hostile arms Fearless assault ; and , to the brow of heaven Pursuing , drive them out ...
Page 312
... HILL SILENT Nymph ! with curious eye , Who , the purple ev'ning , lie On the mountain's lonely van , Beyond the noise of busy man , Painting fair the form of things , While the yellow linnet sings , Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the ...
... HILL SILENT Nymph ! with curious eye , Who , the purple ev'ning , lie On the mountain's lonely van , Beyond the noise of busy man , Painting fair the form of things , While the yellow linnet sings , Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the ...
Page 419
... hill to hill he hies , His staff protending like a hunter's spear , Or by its aid leaping from crag to crag , And o'er the brawling beds of unbridged streams . Philosophy , methinks , at Fancy's call , Might deign to follow him through ...
... hill to hill he hies , His staff protending like a hunter's spear , Or by its aid leaping from crag to crag , And o'er the brawling beds of unbridged streams . Philosophy , methinks , at Fancy's call , Might deign to follow him through ...
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