Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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... Gods should shine through the Poem , which fo visibly appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to preserve some relish of the old way of writing ; the connection should be loose , the narrations and defcriptions short ...
... Gods should shine through the Poem , which fo visibly appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to preserve some relish of the old way of writing ; the connection should be loose , the narrations and defcriptions short ...
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... Gods have found Elyfium here . In woods bright Venus with Adonis ftray'd , And chafte Diana haunts the foreft - fhade . Come , lovely nymph , and blefs the filent hours , When fwains from theering feek their nightly bow'rs ; When weary ...
... Gods have found Elyfium here . In woods bright Venus with Adonis ftray'd , And chafte Diana haunts the foreft - fhade . Come , lovely nymph , and blefs the filent hours , When fwains from theering feek their nightly bow'rs ; When weary ...
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... Gods ! and is their no relief for love ? But foon the fun with milder rays defcends To the cool ocean , where his journey ends ; On me love's fiercer flames for ever prey , By night he fcorches , as he burns by day . THE THIRD PASTORAL ...
... Gods ! and is their no relief for love ? But foon the fun with milder rays defcends To the cool ocean , where his journey ends ; On me love's fiercer flames for ever prey , By night he fcorches , as he burns by day . THE THIRD PASTORAL ...
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... fhine , And grateful clufters fwell with floods of wine ; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove ; Juit Gods ! thall all things yield returns but love ? Refound , ye hills , The thepherds cry , refound 34 V. 47 . PASTORALS .
... fhine , And grateful clufters fwell with floods of wine ; Now blushing berries paint the yellow grove ; Juit Gods ! thall all things yield returns but love ? Refound , ye hills , The thepherds cry , refound 34 V. 47 . PASTORALS .
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... God , a God appears A God , a God ! the vocal hills reply , The rocks proclaim'd th ' approaching Deity . Lo , earth receives him from the bending skies ! Sink down , ye mountains , and ye vallies , rise ; With heads declin'd , ye ...
... God , a God appears A God , a God ! the vocal hills reply , The rocks proclaim'd th ' approaching Deity . Lo , earth receives him from the bending skies ! Sink down , ye mountains , and ye vallies , rise ; With heads declin'd , ye ...
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