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Page xviii
... fair copies for his friend , when fuch were wanted for the prefs or for the stage . This gen- tleman likewise courted the tragic mufe ; and had taken for his fubject the story of Arminius the German hero . But his play , guiltless as it ...
... fair copies for his friend , when fuch were wanted for the prefs or for the stage . This gen- tleman likewise courted the tragic mufe ; and had taken for his fubject the story of Arminius the German hero . But his play , guiltless as it ...
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... fair profufion , yellow Autumn fpies . If , brush'd from Ruffian wilds , a cutting gale Rife not , and scatter from his humid wings The clammy mildew ; or , dry - blowing , breathe Untimely froft ; before whose baleful blast The full ...
... fair profufion , yellow Autumn fpies . If , brush'd from Ruffian wilds , a cutting gale Rife not , and scatter from his humid wings The clammy mildew ; or , dry - blowing , breathe Untimely froft ; before whose baleful blast The full ...
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... fair proportion running from the red , To where the violet fades into the sky . Here , awful NEWTON , the diffolving clouds Form , fronting on the fun , thy showery prism ; And to the fage - instructed eye unfold The various twine of ...
... fair proportion running from the red , To where the violet fades into the sky . Here , awful NEWTON , the diffolving clouds Form , fronting on the fun , thy showery prism ; And to the fage - instructed eye unfold The various twine of ...
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... fair form ! Who wears fweet fmiles , and looks erect on Heaven , E'er ftoop to mingle with the prowling herd , And dip his tongue in gore ? The beaft of prey , Blood - ftain'd , deferves to bleed : but you , ye flocks , What have ye ...
... fair form ! Who wears fweet fmiles , and looks erect on Heaven , E'er ftoop to mingle with the prowling herd , And dip his tongue in gore ? The beaft of prey , Blood - ftain'd , deferves to bleed : but you , ye flocks , What have ye ...
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James Thomson. Of growth luxuriant ; or the humid bank , In fair profufion , decks . Long let us walk , Where the breeze blows from yon extended field Of bloffom'd beans . Arabia cannot boast A fuller gale of joy , than , liberal ...
James Thomson. Of growth luxuriant ; or the humid bank , In fair profufion , decks . Long let us walk , Where the breeze blows from yon extended field Of bloffom'd beans . Arabia cannot boast A fuller gale of joy , than , liberal ...
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amid beauty beneath beſt blaſt bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze clouds courſe deep defcends defcription earth ether facred fatire feafon fecret fhade fhine filent fimple fing firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow focial foft fome fong fons foon foreft foul friendſhip ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwain fwelling gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf itſelf laft landſcape laſt lefs loft looſe luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleafing pleaſure poet rage raiſe reſtleſs rife round ruſhes ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhower ſky ſpirit ſpreads Spring ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm taſte tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures uſe vale vex'd waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wiſdom wonders woods