The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... voice and look serene , He wav'd his hand , and thus address'd the queen . Twice forty winters tip my beard with snow , And age's chilling gusts around me blow : In early youth , by contemplation led , With high pursuits my flatter'd ...
... voice and look serene , He wav'd his hand , and thus address'd the queen . Twice forty winters tip my beard with snow , And age's chilling gusts around me blow : In early youth , by contemplation led , With high pursuits my flatter'd ...
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... voice replied , Save Echo babbling from the mountain's side . By this , had night o'ercast the gloomy scene , And twinkling stars emblaz'd the blue serene : Yet on she wander'd , till , with grief opprest , She fell ; and , falling ...
... voice replied , Save Echo babbling from the mountain's side . By this , had night o'ercast the gloomy scene , And twinkling stars emblaz'd the blue serene : Yet on she wander'd , till , with grief opprest , She fell ; and , falling ...
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... voices died along the glade ; The tuneful stream that murmur'd as it rose , The birds that on the trees bewail ... voice that strikes his wondering ears ; A beauteous bird , in our rude climes unknown , That on a leafy arbour sits ...
... voices died along the glade ; The tuneful stream that murmur'd as it rose , The birds that on the trees bewail ... voice that strikes his wondering ears ; A beauteous bird , in our rude climes unknown , That on a leafy arbour sits ...
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... voice , And bade him make , with speed , a second choice . Hard task to choose , when all alike were fair ! Now this , now that , engag'd his anxious care : Then to the first who spoke , his hand he lent ; The rest retir'd , and whisper ...
... voice , And bade him make , with speed , a second choice . Hard task to choose , when all alike were fair ! Now this , now that , engag'd his anxious care : Then to the first who spoke , his hand he lent ; The rest retir'd , and whisper ...
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... voices of a numerous crowd Pierc'd the dun air , as thunder breaks a cloud : The nymphs another hapless youth had found , And then were leading o'er the guilty ground ... voice he knew , And 48 [ SIR W. JONES . THE SEVEN FOUNTAINS .
... voices of a numerous crowd Pierc'd the dun air , as thunder breaks a cloud : The nymphs another hapless youth had found , And then were leading o'er the guilty ground ... voice he knew , And 48 [ SIR W. JONES . THE SEVEN FOUNTAINS .
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