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Page 7
... flocks Drop the dry sprig , and mute - imploring eye The falling verdure . Hush'd in short suspense , The plumy people streak their wings with oil , To throw the lucid moisture trickling off " : And wait the approaching sign to strike ...
... flocks Drop the dry sprig , and mute - imploring eye The falling verdure . Hush'd in short suspense , The plumy people streak their wings with oil , To throw the lucid moisture trickling off " : And wait the approaching sign to strike ...
Page 10
... flock . Meantime the song went round ; and dance and sport , Wisdom and friendly talk , successive , stole Their hours ... flocks , commixing , play'd secure . This when , emergent from the gloomy wood , The glaring lion saw , his horrid ...
... flock . Meantime the song went round ; and dance and sport , Wisdom and friendly talk , successive , stole Their hours ... flocks , commixing , play'd secure . This when , emergent from the gloomy wood , The glaring lion saw , his horrid ...
Page 13
... flocks , What have you done ; ye peaceful people , what , To merit death ? you , who have given us milk In luscious streams , and lent us your own coat Against the Winter's cold ? and the plain ox , That harmless , honest , guileless ...
... flocks , What have you done ; ye peaceful people , what , To merit death ? you , who have given us milk In luscious streams , and lent us your own coat Against the Winter's cold ? and the plain ox , That harmless , honest , guileless ...
Page 24
... flocks , a thousand tugging bills Pluck hair and wool ; and oft , when unobserved , ' Steal from the barn a straw : till soft and warm , Clean and complete , their habitation grows . As thus the patient dam assiduous sits , Not to be ...
... flocks , a thousand tugging bills Pluck hair and wool ; and oft , when unobserved , ' Steal from the barn a straw : till soft and warm , Clean and complete , their habitation grows . As thus the patient dam assiduous sits , Not to be ...
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... flock , Of various cadence ; and his sportive lambs This way and that convolved , in friskful glee , Their frolics play . And now the sprightly race Invites them forth ; when swift , the signal given , har They start away , and sweep ...
... flock , Of various cadence ; and his sportive lambs This way and that convolved , in friskful glee , Their frolics play . And now the sprightly race Invites them forth ; when swift , the signal given , har They start away , and sweep ...
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amid Apennines art thou Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bliss blooming bosom boundless breast breath breeze bright CHARLES ROLLS charm clouds dark deep delight deluge descending diffused dreadful E'en earth ether exalted fair fair brow faithless fancy fierce flame flocks flood forest gale gentle gloom glowing grace grove happy heart heaven herds High raised hills JOHN SHARPE light Lycurgus matchless maze mingled mix'd mountains Muse Nature Nature's night o'er passions peace plain poison'd pomp pride rage rapture RICHARD WESTALL rills rise roar robe rocks roll round rural scene season shade shake shining shoot silvan smile snow soft song soul spreads Spring storm stream stretch'd swain sweet swell swift tempest tender thee thou thought thunder toil turbid Typhon vale vex'd virtue walk wander waste wave wide wild winds wing Winter wintry woods wrapp'd youth