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... sports have an end . Round the laps of their mothers Many sisters and brothers , Like birds in their nest , Are ready for rest , And sport no more seen On the darkening Green . Blake . 5 UNDER the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with 8.
... sports have an end . Round the laps of their mothers Many sisters and brothers , Like birds in their nest , Are ready for rest , And sport no more seen On the darkening Green . Blake . 5 UNDER the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with 8.
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... round Of Cynthia's seat , the Airy region thrilling , Now was almost won To think her part was done , And that her reign had here its last fulfilling ; She knew such harmony alone Could hold all Heav'n and Earth in happier uniòn . VII ...
... round Of Cynthia's seat , the Airy region thrilling , Now was almost won To think her part was done , And that her reign had here its last fulfilling ; She knew such harmony alone Could hold all Heav'n and Earth in happier uniòn . VII ...
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... And on the holy Hearth XXI The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint , In Urns , and Altars round , XIX . divine ] give oracles . IX . genius ] spirit of the place . A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their 32.
... And on the holy Hearth XXI The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint , In Urns , and Altars round , XIX . divine ] give oracles . IX . genius ] spirit of the place . A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their 32.
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... round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute . O Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place . I am out of humanity's reach , I must ...
... round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute . O Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place . I am out of humanity's reach , I must ...
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... round and round it flew . The ice did split with a thunder - fit ; The helmsman steer'd us through ! • ' And a good south wind sprung up behind ; The Albatross did follow , And every day , for food or play , Came to the mariners ' hollo ...
... round and round it flew . The ice did split with a thunder - fit ; The helmsman steer'd us through ! • ' And a good south wind sprung up behind ; The Albatross did follow , And every day , for food or play , Came to the mariners ' hollo ...
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