Specimens of the Early English Poets: To which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language, with a Biography of Each Poet, &c, Volume 3H. Washbourne, 1845 |
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... earth his praise resound ; Monstrous whales , and seas profound , Vapours , lightning , hail , and snow , Storms , which , when he bids them , blow ! Flowery hills , and mountains high , Cedars , neighbours to the sky , Trees , that ...
... earth his praise resound ; Monstrous whales , and seas profound , Vapours , lightning , hail , and snow , Storms , which , when he bids them , blow ! Flowery hills , and mountains high , Cedars , neighbours to the sky , Trees , that ...
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... earth , All , of high and humble birth ! Youths , and virgins , flourishing In the beauty of your spring ; You who bow with age's weight , You who were but born of late ; Praise his name with one consent : O how great ! how excellent ...
... earth , All , of high and humble birth ! Youths , and virgins , flourishing In the beauty of your spring ; You who bow with age's weight , You who were but born of late ; Praise his name with one consent : O how great ! how excellent ...
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... earth , enthrall'd to sense , Condemn what is our excellence . The air , immortal souls , the skies , The angels in their hierarchies , Unseen , to all things seen dispense Breath , life , protection , influence . Our high conceptions ...
... earth , enthrall'd to sense , Condemn what is our excellence . The air , immortal souls , the skies , The angels in their hierarchies , Unseen , to all things seen dispense Breath , life , protection , influence . Our high conceptions ...
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... earth . Might bury me , which fed me from my birth : Blest with a healthful age , a quiet mind , Content with little , to this work design'd : Which I at length have finish'd by thy aid , And now my vows have at thy altar paid . THOMAS ...
... earth . Might bury me , which fed me from my birth : Blest with a healthful age , a quiet mind , Content with little , to this work design'd : Which I at length have finish'd by thy aid , And now my vows have at thy altar paid . THOMAS ...
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... the return Of the wish'd bridegroom of the earth . The well - accorded birds did sing Their hymns unto the pleasant time , And in a sweet consorted chime Did welcome in the cheerful spring . To which , soft whistles of the wind , And D 2 ...
... the return Of the wish'd bridegroom of the earth . The well - accorded birds did sing Their hymns unto the pleasant time , And in a sweet consorted chime Did welcome in the cheerful spring . To which , soft whistles of the wind , And D 2 ...
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