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... sweet home " is the 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 ...
... sweet home " is the 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 ...
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... sweets , No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set , thy spring is gone ° We frolic while ' tis May . ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE Ανθρωπος , ἱκανὴ πρόφασις εἰς τὸ δυστυχεῖν ...
... sweets , No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set , thy spring is gone ° We frolic while ' tis May . ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE Ανθρωπος , ἱκανὴ πρόφασις εἰς τὸ δυστυχεῖν ...
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... sweet and solemn - breathing airs , Enchanting shell ! the sullen Cares And frantic Passions hear thy soft control . C 15 On Thracia's hills the Lord of War ° Has curbed THE PROGRESS OF POESY 17 The Progress of Poesy.
... sweet and solemn - breathing airs , Enchanting shell ! the sullen Cares And frantic Passions hear thy soft control . C 15 On Thracia's hills the Lord of War ° Has curbed THE PROGRESS OF POESY 17 The Progress of Poesy.
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... sweet , 60 Their feather - cinctured chiefs , and dusky loves . Her track , where'er the goddess roves , Glory pursue , and generous Shame , 64 The unconquerable Mind , and freedom's holy flame . II . 3 Woods , that wave o'er Delphi's ...
... sweet , 60 Their feather - cinctured chiefs , and dusky loves . Her track , where'er the goddess roves , Glory pursue , and generous Shame , 64 The unconquerable Mind , and freedom's holy flame . II . 3 Woods , that wave o'er Delphi's ...
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... sweet to virgin - grace . What strings symphonious tremble in the air ! What strains of vocal transport round her play ! Hear from the grave , great Taliessin , hear ; O 121 They breathe a soul to animate thy clay . Bright Rapture calls ...
... sweet to virgin - grace . What strings symphonious tremble in the air ! What strains of vocal transport round her play ! Hear from the grave , great Taliessin , hear ; O 121 They breathe a soul to animate thy clay . Bright Rapture calls ...
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