A Collection of Poems, in Four Volumes, Volume 3G. Pearch, 1775 |
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... hills that fkirt the North , The wood glows yellow'd by the evening rays , Silent and beauteous flows the filver Forth , And Aman murmuring thro ' the willows ftrays . Vol . III . B BUCH . But But ah ! what means this filence in the ...
... hills that fkirt the North , The wood glows yellow'd by the evening rays , Silent and beauteous flows the filver Forth , And Aman murmuring thro ' the willows ftrays . Vol . III . B BUCH . But But ah ! what means this filence in the ...
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... hill , And with their fhouts and clang of arms The diftant valleys fill .. Old Offa , dreft in Odin's garb , Affum'd the hoary god ; And Hengift , like the warlike Thor , Before the horsemen rode . With dreadful rage the combat burns ...
... hill , And with their fhouts and clang of arms The diftant valleys fill .. Old Offa , dreft in Odin's garb , Affum'd the hoary god ; And Hengift , like the warlike Thor , Before the horsemen rode . With dreadful rage the combat burns ...
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... hill's green bofom laid , H ' At eafe my careless Fancy firay'd , And o'er the landscape ran ; Review'd what scenes the feasons show , And weigh'd what fhare of joy and woe Is doom'd to toiling Man . The nibbling flocks around me bleat ...
... hill's green bofom laid , H ' At eafe my careless Fancy firay'd , And o'er the landscape ran ; Review'd what scenes the feasons show , And weigh'd what fhare of joy and woe Is doom'd to toiling Man . The nibbling flocks around me bleat ...
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... pard , while joy infpires " Yon happy fportive lambs ? " Now fcatter'd o'er the hill they stray , " Now , weary of their gambling play , " All fingle out their dams . " Inftinct # " Inftinct directs - But what is That ? ( 26 )
... pard , while joy infpires " Yon happy fportive lambs ? " Now fcatter'd o'er the hill they stray , " Now , weary of their gambling play , " All fingle out their dams . " Inftinct # " Inftinct directs - But what is That ? ( 26 )
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... hill declines , Has oft been confcious of those happy hours ; But now the hill , the river crown'd with pines , And fainted well have loft their cheering powers . For thou art gone - My guide , my friend , oh where , Where haft thou ...
... hill declines , Has oft been confcious of those happy hours ; But now the hill , the river crown'd with pines , And fainted well have loft their cheering powers . For thou art gone - My guide , my friend , oh where , Where haft thou ...
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