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... nature and real fact , though unembellished ; because all objects with them have the grace of novelty : but they are transported with the charms of Poetry , where the sunshine of fancy diffuses over every subject the fine gloss , the ...
... nature and real fact , though unembellished ; because all objects with them have the grace of novelty : but they are transported with the charms of Poetry , where the sunshine of fancy diffuses over every subject the fine gloss , the ...
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... Nature lies mantled in a wat❜ry robe , And shoreless billows revel round the globe : O'er highest hills the higher surges rise , Mix with the clouds , and meet the fluid skies . But when in thunder the rebuke was giv'n , That shook th ...
... Nature lies mantled in a wat❜ry robe , And shoreless billows revel round the globe : O'er highest hills the higher surges rise , Mix with the clouds , and meet the fluid skies . But when in thunder the rebuke was giv'n , That shook th ...
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... nature's frame , Pleas'd in the scene , he mocks , with conscious pride , The volley'd lightning , and the surging tide ; And while the wrathful elements engage , Foments with horrid sport the tempest's rage . All these thy watchful ...
... nature's frame , Pleas'd in the scene , he mocks , with conscious pride , The volley'd lightning , and the surging tide ; And while the wrathful elements engage , Foments with horrid sport the tempest's rage . All these thy watchful ...
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... Nature form'd the same , Ally'd more nearly in each nobler part , And more the friend , than brother of my heart ! Let us , unlike the lucid twins that rise At different times , and shine in distant skies , With mutual eye this mental ...
... Nature form'd the same , Ally'd more nearly in each nobler part , And more the friend , than brother of my heart ! Let us , unlike the lucid twins that rise At different times , and shine in distant skies , With mutual eye this mental ...
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... Nature run her course . But Nature's God , If need require , by thousand various ways , Without thy aid can shorten that short span , And quench the lamp of life . O when he comes , ( A trembling candidate for thy compassion ) Her ...
... Nature run her course . But Nature's God , If need require , by thousand various ways , Without thy aid can shorten that short span , And quench the lamp of life . O when he comes , ( A trembling candidate for thy compassion ) Her ...
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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