Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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... from Phoebus ' , not from Cupid's beams , To you I mourn , nor to the deaf I fing , The woods shall answer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay Why art SUMMER : SUMMER, the Second Poftoral.
... from Phoebus ' , not from Cupid's beams , To you I mourn , nor to the deaf I fing , The woods shall answer , and their echo ring . The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay Why art SUMMER : SUMMER, the Second Poftoral.
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Alexander Pope. The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay Why art thou prouder and more hard than they ? The bleating sheep with my complaints agree , They parch'd with heat , and I inflam'd by thee . The fultry Sirius burns the thirsty ...
Alexander Pope. The hills and rocks attend my doleful lay Why art thou prouder and more hard than they ? The bleating sheep with my complaints agree , They parch'd with heat , and I inflam'd by thee . The fultry Sirius burns the thirsty ...
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... , And fleecy clouds were streak'd with purple light ; When tuneful Hylas with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep and made the mountains groan . Go , gentle gales , and bear my fighs away AUTU M N : AUTUMN, the Third Paftoral.
... , And fleecy clouds were streak'd with purple light ; When tuneful Hylas with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep and made the mountains groan . Go , gentle gales , and bear my fighs away AUTU M N : AUTUMN, the Third Paftoral.
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... rocks and caves the name of Delia founds , Delia , each cave and echoing rock rebounds . Ye powers , what pleasing phrenzy fooths my mind ! Do lovers dream , or is my Delia kind ? She comes , my Delia comes ! -now cease my lay , And ...
... rocks and caves the name of Delia founds , Delia , each cave and echoing rock rebounds . Ye powers , what pleasing phrenzy fooths my mind ! Do lovers dream , or is my Delia kind ? She comes , my Delia comes ! -now cease my lay , And ...
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... 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 cedars , homage pay ; Be fmooth ye rocks ; ye rapid floods give way ...
... 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 cedars , homage pay ; Be fmooth ye rocks ; ye rapid floods give way ...
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