The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, JohnsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... winds shall join , Nor shall the bittern her base throat deny , The querulous frogs shall mix their dirge with thine , Th'ear - piercing hern , the plover screaming high , Millions of humming gnats fit oestrum shall supply . Away - away ...
... winds shall join , Nor shall the bittern her base throat deny , The querulous frogs shall mix their dirge with thine , Th'ear - piercing hern , the plover screaming high , Millions of humming gnats fit oestrum shall supply . Away - away ...
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... winds unfold , Those radiant locks of burnish'd gold , Or on thy bosom let them rove ; His treasure - house there Cupid keeps , And hoards up , in two snowy heaps , His stores of choicest love , This day each warmest wish be paid To ...
... winds unfold , Those radiant locks of burnish'd gold , Or on thy bosom let them rove ; His treasure - house there Cupid keeps , And hoards up , in two snowy heaps , His stores of choicest love , This day each warmest wish be paid To ...
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... wind ) Hence waft ine , fair goddess , oh , waft me away , Secure from the men and the monsters of prey ! CHORUS . Great Amphitrite , & c . & c . V. He sung - The winds are charm'd to sleep , Soft stillness steals along the deep , The ...
... wind ) Hence waft ine , fair goddess , oh , waft me away , Secure from the men and the monsters of prey ! CHORUS . Great Amphitrite , & c . & c . V. He sung - The winds are charm'd to sleep , Soft stillness steals along the deep , The ...
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... winds expect the strains . Hail majestic mournful measure , Source of many a pensive pleasure ! Best pledge of love to mortals giv'n , As pattern of the rest of Heav'n ! And thou chief honour of the veil , Hail , harmonious Virgin ...
... winds expect the strains . Hail majestic mournful measure , Source of many a pensive pleasure ! Best pledge of love to mortals giv'n , As pattern of the rest of Heav'n ! And thou chief honour of the veil , Hail , harmonious Virgin ...
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... winds and waves and rocks and tempests past , Enjoy the everlasting calm of Heav'n : ' Tis then , nor sooner , that the deathless soul Shall justly know its nature and its rise : ' Tis then the human tongue new - tun'd shall give ...
... winds and waves and rocks and tempests past , Enjoy the everlasting calm of Heav'n : ' Tis then , nor sooner , that the deathless soul Shall justly know its nature and its rise : ' Tis then the human tongue new - tun'd shall give ...
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