English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore H. Holt and Company, 1935 - 942 pages |
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Page 170
... plain : Hills , vales , and floods appear already cross'd , And e'er he starts , a thousand steps are lost . See the bold youth strain up the threat'ning steep , Rush through the thickets , down the valleys sweep , Hang o'er their ...
... plain : Hills , vales , and floods appear already cross'd , And e'er he starts , a thousand steps are lost . See the bold youth strain up the threat'ning steep , Rush through the thickets , down the valleys sweep , Hang o'er their ...
Page 450
... plains of once sweet Arcady , The shepherds ' kingdom : dreary solitude Spreads o'er Hymettus , and the shaggy vale Of Athens , which , in solemn silence , sheds Her venerable ruins to the dust . 520 525 The weary Arabs roam from plain to ...
... plains of once sweet Arcady , The shepherds ' kingdom : dreary solitude Spreads o'er Hymettus , and the shaggy vale Of Athens , which , in solemn silence , sheds Her venerable ruins to the dust . 520 525 The weary Arabs roam from plain to ...
Page 578
... plain , At morn she came those willing flocks to lead , Where lilies rear them in the wat'ry mead ; From early dawn the livelong hours she told , Till late at silent eve she penn'd the fold . Deep in the grove , beneath the secret shade ...
... plain , At morn she came those willing flocks to lead , Where lilies rear them in the wat'ry mead ; From early dawn the livelong hours she told , Till late at silent eve she penn'd the fold . Deep in the grove , beneath the secret shade ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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