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... 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 - tribes Are but the ...
... 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 - tribes Are but the ...
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... wide dejected waste . For oft , engender'd by the hazy north , Myriads on myriads , insect armies waft Keen in the poison'd breeze ; and wasteful eat , Through buds and bark , into the blacken'd core , Their eager way . A feeble race ...
... wide dejected waste . For oft , engender'd by the hazy north , Myriads on myriads , insect armies waft Keen in the poison'd breeze ; and wasteful eat , Through buds and bark , into the blacken'd core , Their eager way . A feeble race ...
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... wide air , and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent . At first a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce staining ether ; but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour sails Along ...
... wide air , and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent . At first a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce staining ether ; but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour sails Along ...
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... Wide dash'd the waves , in undulation vast ; Till , from the centre to the streaming clouds , A shoreless ocean tumbled round the globe . The Seasons since have , with severer sway , Oppress'd a broken world : the Winter keen Shook ...
... Wide dash'd the waves , in undulation vast ; Till , from the centre to the streaming clouds , A shoreless ocean tumbled round the globe . The Seasons since have , with severer sway , Oppress'd a broken world : the Winter keen Shook ...
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... wide and wild ; 5 ; Where , undisguised by mimic Art , she spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye . די די Here their delicious task the fervent bees , he In swarming millions , tend : around , athwart ! 102 b .. ! Through the soft ...
... wide and wild ; 5 ; Where , undisguised by mimic Art , she spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye . די די Here their delicious task the fervent bees , he In swarming millions , tend : around , athwart ! 102 b .. ! Through the soft ...
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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