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... scene - limited as it may be imagined - in which he contrives to concentrate a thousand beauties , which others have scattered far and wide upon ob- jects of less interest and attraction . His pictures are , if I may so speak ...
... scene - limited as it may be imagined - in which he contrives to concentrate a thousand beauties , which others have scattered far and wide upon ob- jects of less interest and attraction . His pictures are , if I may so speak ...
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... scene 5 Scatters his freshest , tenderest green . New - born flocks , in rustic dance , Frisking ply their feeble feet ; Forgetful of their wintry trance , The birds his presence greet : But chief , the sky - lark warbles high His ...
... scene 5 Scatters his freshest , tenderest green . New - born flocks , in rustic dance , Frisking ply their feeble feet ; Forgetful of their wintry trance , The birds his presence greet : But chief , the sky - lark warbles high His ...
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... scene survey , From where the rolling orb , that gives the day , His sable sons with nearer course surrounds To either pole , and life's remotest bounds , How rude soe'er the exterior form we find , Howe'er opinion tinge the varied mind ...
... scene survey , From where the rolling orb , that gives the day , His sable sons with nearer course surrounds To either pole , and life's remotest bounds , How rude soe'er the exterior form we find , Howe'er opinion tinge the varied mind ...
Page 77
... scene , that offers rest , And heart that cannot rest , agree ! II This glassy stream , that spreading pine , Those alders quivering to the breeze , Might soothe a soul less hurt than mine , And please , if anything could please . 5 III ...
... scene , that offers rest , And heart that cannot rest , agree ! II This glassy stream , that spreading pine , Those alders quivering to the breeze , Might soothe a soul less hurt than mine , And please , if anything could please . 5 III ...
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... scene , I will perform Myself the oracle , and will discourse In my own ear such matter as I may . 135 140 One man alone , the father of us all , Drew not his life from woman ; never gazed , With mute unconsciousness of what he saw , On ...
... scene , I will perform Myself the oracle , and will discourse In my own ear such matter as I may . 135 140 One man alone , the father of us all , Drew not his life from woman ; never gazed , With mute unconsciousness of what he saw , On ...
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