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Page 3
... WINTER oft at eve refumes the breeze , Chills the pale morn , and bids his driving fleets Deform the day delightless : fo that scarce The bittern knows his time , with bill ingulpht 20 To shake the founding marsh ; or from the fhore B 2 To.
... WINTER oft at eve refumes the breeze , Chills the pale morn , and bids his driving fleets Deform the day delightless : fo that scarce The bittern knows his time , with bill ingulpht 20 To shake the founding marsh ; or from the fhore B 2 To.
Page 8
... Scarce ftaining ether ; but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour fails Along the loaded sky , and mingling deep Sits on th ' horizon round a fettled gloom : Not fuch as wintry - forms on mortals shed , Oppreffing ...
... Scarce ftaining ether ; but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour fails Along the loaded sky , and mingling deep Sits on th ' horizon round a fettled gloom : Not fuch as wintry - forms on mortals shed , Oppreffing ...
Page 18
... scarce bends your pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of Heaven , Soft difengage , and back into the stream 415 425 The fpeckled captive throw . But fhould you lure 420 From his ...
... scarce bends your pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of Heaven , Soft difengage , and back into the stream 415 425 The fpeckled captive throw . But fhould you lure 420 From his ...
Page 21
... scarce a fpeck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted sweeps : Now meets the bending sky ; the river now 515 520 Dimpling along , the breezy - ruffled lake , The forest darkening round , the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal ...
... scarce a fpeck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted sweeps : Now meets the bending sky ; the river now 515 520 Dimpling along , the breezy - ruffled lake , The forest darkening round , the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal ...
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... her loaded bill , Th ' aftonifh'd mother finds a vacant nest , 715 By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns Robb'd , to the ground the vain provifion falls ; Her Her pinions ruffle , and low - drooping scarce Can 28 SPRING .
... her loaded bill , Th ' aftonifh'd mother finds a vacant nest , 715 By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns Robb'd , to the ground the vain provifion falls ; Her Her pinions ruffle , and low - drooping scarce Can 28 SPRING .
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amid beam beauty beneath blaſt blaze blifs bloom bluſh bofom boundleſs breaſt breath breeze clouds courſe croud deep defcends earth ether exalts facred fair brow favage fave feafon feas fecret fhade fhines fhore figh filent fing firft firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow focial foft foftened fome fong fons foreft foul ftill ftorm ftream ftrong fuch fudden funk fwell gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills Inceffant infpiring laft lefs loft luftre mingled mix'd moffy mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace plain pleaſure rage raiſe rife rocks roll round ruſhing ſcarce ſcatters ſcene ſhade ſhake ſhe ſky ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſweep ſwift tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures vale vex'd virtue waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing wintry wiſdom woods