The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... faithless page , with stealing tread , Advances to the champion's naked head ; With his sharp dagger wounds his bleeding breast , And steeps his eyelids in eternal rest : Then cries , ( and waves the steel that drops with gore ) The ...
... faithless page , with stealing tread , Advances to the champion's naked head ; With his sharp dagger wounds his bleeding breast , And steeps his eyelids in eternal rest : Then cries , ( and waves the steel that drops with gore ) The ...
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... faithless sea , With long farewell he left the laurel grove , Where science and the tuneful sisters rove . Permit my verse , ye blest Pierian train , To call Arion this ill - fated swain ; For , like that bard unhappy , on his head ...
... faithless sea , With long farewell he left the laurel grove , Where science and the tuneful sisters rove . Permit my verse , ye blest Pierian train , To call Arion this ill - fated swain ; For , like that bard unhappy , on his head ...
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... faithless tides , Propell'd by gentle gales , the vessel glides : 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 ...
... faithless tides , Propell'd by gentle gales , the vessel glides : 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 ...
Page 68
... faithless wind : The mizen draws ; she springs aloof once more , While the fore - stay - sail balances before . The fore - sail braced obliquely to the wind , They near the prow th ' extended tack confin'd : Then on the leeward sheet ...
... faithless wind : The mizen draws ; she springs aloof once more , While the fore - stay - sail balances before . The fore - sail braced obliquely to the wind , They near the prow th ' extended tack confin'd : Then on the leeward sheet ...
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... faithless levels . Cautious be his steps , Who thro ' these regions journeys while they wear Their cold and dreary aspect , lest from above The snowy piles o'erwhelm him : frequent now From parts remote their sullen sound is heard ...
... faithless levels . Cautious be his steps , Who thro ' these regions journeys while they wear Their cold and dreary aspect , lest from above The snowy piles o'erwhelm him : frequent now From parts remote their sullen sound is heard ...
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