A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 6For R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall, 1763 - 336 pages |
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... earth Breathes on her fainting fons . From noon to eve , Along the river and the paved brook , Afcend the cheerful breezes : hail'd of bards Who , fast by learned Cam , the Mantuan lyre Sollicit ; nor unwelcome to the youth Who on the ...
... earth Breathes on her fainting fons . From noon to eve , Along the river and the paved brook , Afcend the cheerful breezes : hail'd of bards Who , fast by learned Cam , the Mantuan lyre Sollicit ; nor unwelcome to the youth Who on the ...
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... earth To bear the words of Jove , on yonder hill Stoops lightly - failing ; oft intent your springs He views and waving o'er fome new - born ftream His bleft pacific wand , " And yet , " he cries , " Yet , " cries the fon of Maia ...
... earth To bear the words of Jove , on yonder hill Stoops lightly - failing ; oft intent your springs He views and waving o'er fome new - born ftream His bleft pacific wand , " And yet , " he cries , " Yet , " cries the fon of Maia ...
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... earth , Fit judgments to pronounce , and curb the might Of wicked men . Your kind unfailing urns Not vainly to the hofpitable arts Of Hermes yield their fiore . For , O ye Nymphs , Hath he not won the unconquerable queen Of arms to ...
... earth , Fit judgments to pronounce , and curb the might Of wicked men . Your kind unfailing urns Not vainly to the hofpitable arts Of Hermes yield their fiore . For , O ye Nymphs , Hath he not won the unconquerable queen Of arms to ...
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... earth . In vain : Minerva on the brazen prow Of Athens flood , and with the thunder's voice Denounc'd her terrours on their impious heads , And shook her burning Ægis . Xerxes faw : From Heracleum , on the mountain's highth Thron'd in ...
... earth . In vain : Minerva on the brazen prow Of Athens flood , and with the thunder's voice Denounc'd her terrours on their impious heads , And shook her burning Ægis . Xerxes faw : From Heracleum , on the mountain's highth Thron'd in ...
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... earth and o'er The interminated ocean , he beholds Curs'd with abhorrence by his doom severe , And troubled at the found . Ye , Naiads , ye With ravish'd ears the melody attend Worthy of facred filence . But the flaves Of Bacchus with ...
... earth and o'er The interminated ocean , he beholds Curs'd with abhorrence by his doom severe , And troubled at the found . Ye , Naiads , ye With ravish'd ears the melody attend Worthy of facred filence . But the flaves Of Bacchus with ...
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