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" Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles on a smooth canal ; The mountains round, unhappy fate! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies... "
Moore. Cawthorne. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray ... - Page 57
by Samuel Johnson - 1800
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Miscellaneous Poems: By Several Hands

David Lewis - English poetry - 1726 - 346 pages
...ftill, At the Fountain of a Rill, Sate upon a flow'ry Bed, : With my Hand beneath my Head ; And ftray'd my Eyes o'er Towy's Flood, Over Mead, and over Wood,...Till Contemplation had her fill. About his chequer'd Sides I wind, And leave his Brooks and Meads behind, And Groves, and Grottoes where I lay, And Viftoes...
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Miscellaneous Poems: By Several Hands

David Lewis - English poetry - 1726 - 350 pages
...Fountain of a Rill, Sate upon a flow'ry Bed, With my Hand beneath my Head; And ftray'd my Eyes o'er Towjs Flood, Over Mead, and over Wood, From Houfe to Houfe,...Till Contemplation had her fill. About his chequer'd Sides I wind, And leave his Brooks and Meads behind, And Groves, and Grottoes where I lay, And Viftoes...
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A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Volume 1

Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1755 - 356 pages
...At the fountain of a rill, Sate Sate upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head ; And ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood,...And groves, and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes fhooting beams of day : Wider and wider fpreads the vale; As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains...
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A Collection of Poems

1758 - 352 pages
...ftill, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood. Over mead, and over wood,...And groves, and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes mooting beams of day : Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains...
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A Collection of Poems ...

Robert Dodsley - English poetry - 1758 - 384 pages
...At the fountain of a rill, Sate Sate upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head ; And ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood,...And groves, and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes mooting beams of day : Wider and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal : The mountains...
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Poems. By John Dyer, L.L.B.: Viz. I. Grongar Hill. II. The Ruins of Rome ...

John Dyer - English poetry - 1761 - 196 pages
...fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my While ftray'd my eyes o'er TWy's flood, Over mead, a.nd over wood, From houfe to houfe,...fill. About his chequer'd fides I wind, And leave his brooks-and meads behind, And groves, and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes fliooting beams of day :...
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A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 1

English poetry - 1765 - 396 pages
...ftill, At the fountain of a rill, Sate upon a flow'ry bed, With my hand beneath my head; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood,...behind, And groves and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes fhooting beams of day: Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a fmooth canal; The mountains...
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A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies ...

Collection - 1766 - 356 pages
...I have, the evening ftill, At the fountain of a rill, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe, from hill to hillj 'Till Contemplation had her fill. About his chequer3 d fides I wind, And leave his brooks and...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dyer and Mallet

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 368 pages
...Sate upon a flowery bed, With my hand beneath my head ; While ftray'd my eyes o'er Towy's floosi, . l, Over mead, and over wood, From houfe to houfe, from...A.nd groves, and grottoes where I lay, And viftoes mooting beams of dayii Wide and wider fpreads the vale ; As circles on a finooth canal i The mountains...
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The Works of the English Poets: Dyer; Mallet

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 362 pages
...hand beneath my head ; -While ft ray M my eyes o'er Towy's flood, Over mead, and over wood, From houic to houfe, from hill to hill, Till Contemplation had...And leave his brooks .and meads behind, And groves, ^md grottoes where I lay, .And viftoes fhooting beams of day.i Wide and wider fpreads the vale; As...
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