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There soon I view the merry shepherd swains March three by three , clad all in
youthful green ; And while the sad recorder sweetly plains , Three lovely nymphs
, each several row between , More lovely nymphs could nowhere ...
There soon I view the merry shepherd swains March three by three , clad all in
youthful green ; And while the sad recorder sweetly plains , Three lovely nymphs
, each several row between , More lovely nymphs could nowhere ...
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This verdant earth , these fair surrounding skies , Are all the triumphs of his
wasteful reigo : ' Tis but to set , —the brightest suns arise ; ' Tis but to wither , -
blooms the flow'ry plain . ' Tis but to die , mortality was born ; Nor struggling folly
breaks ...
This verdant earth , these fair surrounding skies , Are all the triumphs of his
wasteful reigo : ' Tis but to set , —the brightest suns arise ; ' Tis but to wither , -
blooms the flow'ry plain . ' Tis but to die , mortality was born ; Nor struggling folly
breaks ...
Page 270
... enormous wig , Who in his manners , mien , and shape was A genuine son of
Esculapius , Wonder'd that men of such discerning In all th ' abstruser parts of
learning , Could err , through want of wit or grace , So strangely in so plain a case
.
... enormous wig , Who in his manners , mien , and shape was A genuine son of
Esculapius , Wonder'd that men of such discerning In all th ' abstruser parts of
learning , Could err , through want of wit or grace , So strangely in so plain a case
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On these they heav'd the vessel from the plain , To roll her , smoothly gliding , to
the main . Then to the benches tapering oars they fix'd ;A cubit's measure was the
space betwixt ; This was the station for the labouring bands To tug with bending ...
On these they heav'd the vessel from the plain , To roll her , smoothly gliding , to
the main . Then to the benches tapering oars they fix'd ;A cubit's measure was the
space betwixt ; This was the station for the labouring bands To tug with bending ...
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-her pride and praise , That vice rejected , virtue ever dear , With gentle charity ,
her fair compeer , Adoro'd her plain told tales and artless lays . But though the
tale be plain , the lay be rude , Yet not unskilful he , the bard that drew Our patron
...
-her pride and praise , That vice rejected , virtue ever dear , With gentle charity ,
her fair compeer , Adoro'd her plain told tales and artless lays . But though the
tale be plain , the lay be rude , Yet not unskilful he , the bard that drew Our patron
...
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| Title | Kentish Poets. A series of writers in English poetry, natives or residents in the county of Kent; with specimens of their compositions and some account of their lives and writings. By R. F. |
| Author | Rowland FREEMAN |
| Publisher | G. Wood, 1821 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
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