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... stream , Time out of mind the fav'rite seats of love , Fast by his gentle mistress lays him down Unblasted by foul ... streams That some rude interposing rock had split . Here is the large - limb'd peasant ; here the child Of a span long ...
... stream , Time out of mind the fav'rite seats of love , Fast by his gentle mistress lays him down Unblasted by foul ... streams That some rude interposing rock had split . Here is the large - limb'd peasant ; here the child Of a span long ...
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... stream Convey the philosophic theme . Of perfect , fair , and good : Attentive Athens caught the sound , And all her list'ning sons around In awful silence stood . Reclaim'd , her wild licentious youth Confess'd the potent voice of ...
... stream Convey the philosophic theme . Of perfect , fair , and good : Attentive Athens caught the sound , And all her list'ning sons around In awful silence stood . Reclaim'd , her wild licentious youth Confess'd the potent voice of ...
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... streaming corse , Rapid and madd'ning springs to reach the goal ! 35. Diseases are the Consequence of Intempe- Ogilvie rance . LONG o'er the lilied ... stream , Slow , but sure - wasting Fate in silence takes Book I. 31 SACRED AND MORAL .
... streaming corse , Rapid and madd'ning springs to reach the goal ! 35. Diseases are the Consequence of Intempe- Ogilvie rance . LONG o'er the lilied ... stream , Slow , but sure - wasting Fate in silence takes Book I. 31 SACRED AND MORAL .
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... stream was crimson'd into blood ! How deep the horrors of that awful night , How strong the terror , and how wild ... streams supplied , Gush'd from the yielding rock the vital tide ! What limits can Omnipotence confine ? What obstacles ...
... stream was crimson'd into blood ! How deep the horrors of that awful night , How strong the terror , and how wild ... streams supplied , Gush'd from the yielding rock the vital tide ! What limits can Omnipotence confine ? What obstacles ...
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... stream . At once shall rise , Fabled Elysian plains , Tartarian lakes , [ bards , Styx and Cocytus ? Tell , why Hali's sons Have feigu'd a paradise of mirth and love , Banquets , and blooming nymphs ? Or rather tell , Why , on the brink ...
... stream . At once shall rise , Fabled Elysian plains , Tartarian lakes , [ bards , Styx and Cocytus ? Tell , why Hali's sons Have feigu'd a paradise of mirth and love , Banquets , and blooming nymphs ? Or rather tell , Why , on the brink ...
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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