The Quarterly ReviewWilliam Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1812 - English literature |
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... Where things that own not man ' s dominion dwell , And mortal foot hath ne ' er ,
or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen , With the wild flock
that never needs a fold ; Alone o ' er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not
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... Where things that own not man ' s dominion dwell , And mortal foot hath ne ' er ,
or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen , With the wild flock
that never needs a fold ; Alone o ' er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not
...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review |
| Editors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) |
| Contributor | George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1812 |
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