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... o'er ice - built mountains roam , The Muse has broke the twilight gloom 56 To cheer the shivering native's dull abode . And oft , beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid , She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat ...
... o'er ice - built mountains roam , The Muse has broke the twilight gloom 56 To cheer the shivering native's dull abode . And oft , beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid , She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat ...
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Thomas Gray. II . 3 Woods , that wave o'er Delphi's steep , ° Isles , that crown the Egean ° deep , Fields , that cool Ilissus ° laves , Or where Mæander's amber waves In lingering labyrinths creep , How do your tuneful echoes languish ...
Thomas Gray. II . 3 Woods , that wave o'er Delphi's steep , ° Isles , that crown the Egean ° deep , Fields , that cool Ilissus ° laves , Or where Mæander's amber waves In lingering labyrinths creep , How do your tuneful echoes languish ...
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... o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race , O 100 105 With necks in thunder clothed , and long - resounding pace . ° III . 3 Hark , his hands the lyre explore ! Bright - eyed Fancy , hovering o'er , Scatters from her ...
... o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race , O 100 105 With necks in thunder clothed , and long - resounding pace . ° III . 3 Hark , his hands the lyre explore ! Bright - eyed Fancy , hovering o'er , Scatters from her ...
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... o'er the crested pride ° Of the first Edward scattered wild dismay , As down the steep of Snowdon's shaggy side ° 5 10 He wound with toilsome march his long array . Stout Glo'ster stood aghast in speechless trance : " To arms ! " cried ...
... o'er the crested pride ° Of the first Edward scattered wild dismay , As down the steep of Snowdon's shaggy side ° 5 10 He wound with toilsome march his long array . Stout Glo'ster stood aghast in speechless trance : " To arms ! " cried ...
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... o'er cold Conway's foaming flood , Robed in the sable garb of woe , With haggard eyes the poet stood ; ( Loose his beard , and hoary hair ° 15 Streamed , like a meteor , to the troubled air , ) ° 20 And with a master's hand , and ...
... o'er cold Conway's foaming flood , Robed in the sable garb of woe , With haggard eyes the poet stood ; ( Loose his beard , and hoary hair ° 15 Streamed , like a meteor , to the troubled air , ) ° 20 And with a master's hand , and ...
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