The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... Rodmond bore ; A hardy son of England's farthest shore , Where bleak Northumbria pours her savage train In sable squadrons o'er the northern main ; That , with her pitchy entrails stor'd , resort , A sooty tribe , to fair Augusta's port ...
... Rodmond bore ; A hardy son of England's farthest shore , Where bleak Northumbria pours her savage train In sable squadrons o'er the northern main ; That , with her pitchy entrails stor'd , resort , A sooty tribe , to fair Augusta's port ...
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Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry English poetry. To Rodmond , next in order of command , Succeeds the youngest of our naval band : But what avails it to record a name That courts no rank among the sons of fame ? While yet ...
Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry English poetry. To Rodmond , next in order of command , Succeeds the youngest of our naval band : But what avails it to record a name That courts no rank among the sons of fame ? While yet ...
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... Rodmond exulting felt th ' auspicious wind , And by a mystic charm its aim confin'd . The thoughts of home , that o'er his fancy roll , With trembling joy dilate Palemon's soul ; Hope lifts his heart , before whose vivid ray Distress ...
... Rodmond exulting felt th ' auspicious wind , And by a mystic charm its aim confin'd . The thoughts of home , that o'er his fancy roll , With trembling joy dilate Palemon's soul ; Hope lifts his heart , before whose vivid ray Distress ...
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... Rodmond , unerring , o'er his head suspends The barbed steel , and every turn attends : Unerring aim'd , the missile weapon flew , And , plunging , struck the fatal victim through : Th ' upturning points his wondrous bulk sustain ; On ...
... Rodmond , unerring , o'er his head suspends The barbed steel , and every turn attends : Unerring aim'd , the missile weapon flew , And , plunging , struck the fatal victim through : Th ' upturning points his wondrous bulk sustain ; On ...
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... Rodmond cries ; Swift , at the word , the helm a - weather flies : The prow with secret instinct veers apace ; And now the fore - sail right athwart they brace : With equal sheets restrain'd , the bellying sail Spreads a broad concave ...
... Rodmond cries ; Swift , at the word , the helm a - weather flies : The prow with secret instinct veers apace ; And now the fore - sail right athwart they brace : With equal sheets restrain'd , the bellying sail Spreads a broad concave ...
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