Elegant Extracts in Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons |
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... fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er , The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes ... field . The swain in barren deserts , with surprise , Sees lilies spring , and sudden verdure rise ; And starts ...
... fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er , The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But useless lances into scythes ... field . The swain in barren deserts , with surprise , Sees lilies spring , and sudden verdure rise ; And starts ...
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... field ! My fellow - subjects of th ' Eternal King , I gladly join your matins , and with you Confess his presence , and report his praise . O Thou , who or the lambkin or the dove , When offer'd by the lowly , meek , and poor , Prefer ...
... field ! My fellow - subjects of th ' Eternal King , I gladly join your matins , and with you Confess his presence , and report his praise . O Thou , who or the lambkin or the dove , When offer'd by the lowly , meek , and poor , Prefer ...
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... field ! Tho ' she presumes not by the solar orb To measure times and seasons , nor consults Chaldean calculations , for a guide ; Yet , conscious that December's on the march , Pointing with icy hand to Want and Woe , She waits his dire ...
... field ! Tho ' she presumes not by the solar orb To measure times and seasons , nor consults Chaldean calculations , for a guide ; Yet , conscious that December's on the march , Pointing with icy hand to Want and Woe , She waits his dire ...
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... field Who trod in silence . Care with lowering brow Slow stalk'd ; and Slander , speckled as the snake That stings th ' unwary traveller , along The tainted earth trail'd loose , or borne on wings Blue as the brimstone's gleam , in ...
... field Who trod in silence . Care with lowering brow Slow stalk'd ; and Slander , speckled as the snake That stings th ' unwary traveller , along The tainted earth trail'd loose , or borne on wings Blue as the brimstone's gleam , in ...
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... field Has she ador'd thy wisdom bright reveal'd ; Oft have her wishes aim'd the secret song , But awful rev'rence still withheld her tongue . Yet as thy bounty lent the reas'ning beam , As feels my conscious breast thy vital flame , So ...
... field Has she ador'd thy wisdom bright reveal'd ; Oft have her wishes aim'd the secret song , But awful rev'rence still withheld her tongue . Yet as thy bounty lent the reas'ning beam , As feels my conscious breast thy vital flame , So ...
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Common terms and phrases
æther arms art thou beauty behold beneath blessings blest bliss blood bloom breast breath bright charms chyle courser crowd dæmon death deep delight divine dread e'en earth eternal ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flame flow'rs fool form'd gen'rous glory grace grove hand happy heart heaven honor hope hour immortal Jebusites kings light lord lov'd lyre maid mind mortal Muse nature nature's ne'er night numbers Nut-Brown Maid nymph o'er once pain passion peace plain pleas'd pleasure poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rapture reign rills rise round sacred scene sense shade shine sigh skies smile soft song soul spleen stream sweet tears tempest Thalestris thee Theseus thine thou thought throne toil tow'ring train trembling truth Twas vale vex'd virtue voice wild wind wings wise wretch youth