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... rural Maro sung To wide - imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and taste , by Greece refined . In ancient times the sacred plough employ'd The kings and awful fathers of mankind : And some , with whom compared your insect ...
... rural Maro sung To wide - imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and taste , by Greece refined . In ancient times the sacred plough employ'd The kings and awful fathers of mankind : And some , with whom compared your insect ...
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... rural scenes ; such as the Mantuan swain Paints in the matchless harmony of song . Or catch thyself the landscape , gliding swift Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods and waters lull'd , And lost in lonely musing , in ...
... rural scenes ; such as the Mantuan swain Paints in the matchless harmony of song . Or catch thyself the landscape , gliding swift Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods and waters lull'd , And lost in lonely musing , in ...
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... rural seat , Whose lofty elms and venerable oaks Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In early Spring , his airy city builds , 4 2 * The furthest of the western islands of Scotland . TI And ceaseless caws amusive ; there , well ...
... rural seat , Whose lofty elms and venerable oaks Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In early Spring , his airy city builds , 4 2 * The furthest of the western islands of Scotland . TI And ceaseless caws amusive ; there , well ...
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... rural peace : the herds , the flocks , the birds , The hollow - whispering breeze , the plaint of rills , That , purling down amid the twisted roots Which creep around , their dewy murmurs shake On the sooth'd ear . From these ...
... rural peace : the herds , the flocks , the birds , The hollow - whispering breeze , the plaint of rills , That , purling down amid the twisted roots Which creep around , their dewy murmurs shake On the sooth'd ear . From these ...
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... rural quiet , friendship , books , Ease and alternate labour , useful life , Progressive virtue , and approving Heaven ! These are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceaseless round ...
... rural quiet , friendship , books , Ease and alternate labour , useful life , Progressive virtue , and approving Heaven ! These are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceaseless round ...
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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