Cyclopaedia of English Literature: Sixth period from 1727-1780. Poets ; Scottish poets ; tragic dramatists ; Comic dramatists ; Periodical essayists ; Novelists ; Historians ; Metaphysical writers ; Writers in divinity ; Miscellaneous writersRobert Chambers Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 1847 - Authors, English |
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... clouds , in heaven's loom Wrought through varieties of shape and shade , In ample folds of drapery divine , Thy flowing mantle form , and , heaven throughout , Voluminously pour thy pompous train : Thy gloomy grandeurs - Nature's most ...
... clouds , in heaven's loom Wrought through varieties of shape and shade , In ample folds of drapery divine , Thy flowing mantle form , and , heaven throughout , Voluminously pour thy pompous train : Thy gloomy grandeurs - Nature's most ...
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... clouds with vernal showers distent . At first , a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce staining either , but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps the doubled vapour sails Along the loaded sky , and , mingling deep , Sits on the ...
... clouds with vernal showers distent . At first , a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce staining either , but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps the doubled vapour sails Along the loaded sky , and , mingling deep , Sits on the ...
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... clouds imbibe the sun , And through their lucid veil his softened force Shed o'er the peaceful world . Then is the time , For those whom virtue and whom nature charm , To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd , And soar above this ...
... clouds imbibe the sun , And through their lucid veil his softened force Shed o'er the peaceful world . Then is the time , For those whom virtue and whom nature charm , To steal themselves from the degenerate crowd , And soar above this ...
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... clouds and storms Around thee thrown , tempest o'er tempest rolled , Majestic darkness ! On the whirlwind's wing Riding sublime , thou bidst the world adore , And humblest nature with thy northern blast . Mysterious round ! what skill ...
... clouds and storms Around thee thrown , tempest o'er tempest rolled , Majestic darkness ! On the whirlwind's wing Riding sublime , thou bidst the world adore , And humblest nature with thy northern blast . Mysterious round ! what skill ...
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... clouds to Him , whose sun exalts , Whose breath perfumes you , and whose pencil paints . Ye forests bend , ye ... cloud to cloud returns the solemn hymn . Bleat out afresh ye hills ; ye mossy rocks Retain the sound ; the broad responsive ...
... clouds to Him , whose sun exalts , Whose breath perfumes you , and whose pencil paints . Ye forests bend , ye ... cloud to cloud returns the solemn hymn . Bleat out afresh ye hills ; ye mossy rocks Retain the sound ; the broad responsive ...
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