The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... rs , Who deck'd their spiry tops with blooming flow'rs , Taught the blue stream o'er sandy vales to flow , And the brown wild with liveliest hues to glow ? Fair Solima ! the hills and dales will sing ; Fair Solima ! the distant echoes ...
... rs , Who deck'd their spiry tops with blooming flow'rs , Taught the blue stream o'er sandy vales to flow , And the brown wild with liveliest hues to glow ? Fair Solima ! the hills and dales will sing ; Fair Solima ! the distant echoes ...
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... rs The glittering car descends on bending flow'rs : The goddess still with looks divinely fair Surveys the sleeping object of her care ; Then o'er her cheek her magic finger lays , Soft as the gale that o'er a violet plays , And thus in ...
... rs The glittering car descends on bending flow'rs : The goddess still with looks divinely fair Surveys the sleeping object of her care ; Then o'er her cheek her magic finger lays , Soft as the gale that o'er a violet plays , And thus in ...
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... flow O'er meads that with unfading flow'rets glow ; Here amorous gales their scented wings display , Mov'd by the ... rs , Hills white with flocks , and meadows gem'd with flow'rs ; Cool shades , a sure defence from summer's ray ...
... flow O'er meads that with unfading flow'rets glow ; Here amorous gales their scented wings display , Mov'd by the ... rs , Hills white with flocks , and meadows gem'd with flow'rs ; Cool shades , a sure defence from summer's ray ...
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... flow'rs , No shepherd sung beneath the rosy bow'rs : On every side she saw vast mountains rise That thrust their daring foreheads in the skies ; The rocks of polish'd alabaster seem'd , And in the sun their lofty summits gleam'd . She ...
... flow'rs , No shepherd sung beneath the rosy bow'rs : On every side she saw vast mountains rise That thrust their daring foreheads in the skies ; The rocks of polish'd alabaster seem'd , And in the sun their lofty summits gleam'd . She ...
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... flow'rs the rosy - finger'd dawn Had spread each dewy hill and verdurous lawn : She wak'd ; and saw a new built tomb , that stood In the dark bosom of a solemn wood ; While these sad sounds her trembling ears invade , • Beneath yon ...
... flow'rs the rosy - finger'd dawn Had spread each dewy hill and verdurous lawn : She wak'd ; and saw a new built tomb , that stood In the dark bosom of a solemn wood ; While these sad sounds her trembling ears invade , • Beneath yon ...
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