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Page 13
... smiles , and looks erect on Heaven , E'er floop to mingle with the prowling herd 356 And dip his tongue in gore ? The beat of prey , Blood fain'd deferves to bleed : but you , ye flocks , What have you done ; ye peaceful people , what ...
... smiles , and looks erect on Heaven , E'er floop to mingle with the prowling herd 356 And dip his tongue in gore ? The beat of prey , Blood fain'd deferves to bleed : but you , ye flocks , What have you done ; ye peaceful people , what ...
Page 43
... smiling eyes his fervant fun . Thick in yon ftream of light , a thousand ways , Upward and downward , thwarting , and convolv'd , The quivering nations fport ; till tempeft - wing'd , 341 Fierce winter fweeps them from the face of day ...
... smiling eyes his fervant fun . Thick in yon ftream of light , a thousand ways , Upward and downward , thwarting , and convolv'd , The quivering nations fport ; till tempeft - wing'd , 341 Fierce winter fweeps them from the face of day ...
Page 70
... smiling mead ? Or court the forest glades ? or wander wild Among the waving harvests ? or ascend , While radiant Summer opens all its pride , Thy hill , delightful * Shene ? Here let us sweep The boundless landskip ; now the raptur'd ...
... smiling mead ? Or court the forest glades ? or wander wild Among the waving harvests ? or ascend , While radiant Summer opens all its pride , Thy hill , delightful * Shene ? Here let us sweep The boundless landskip ; now the raptur'd ...
Page 111
... smiling kind . This is the life which those who fret in guilt , And guilty cities , never knew ; the life , Led by primeval ages , uncorrupt , 1255 1260 When angels dwelt , and God himself , with Man . Oh Nature ! all - fufficient ...
... smiling kind . This is the life which those who fret in guilt , And guilty cities , never knew ; the life , Led by primeval ages , uncorrupt , 1255 1260 When angels dwelt , and God himself , with Man . Oh Nature ! all - fufficient ...
Page 141
... smiles ; And every fenfe , and every heart is joy . Then comes thy glory in the Summer - months , With light and heat refulgent . Then thy fun Shoots full perfection thro ' the fwelling year : And oft thy voice in dreadful thunder ...
... smiles ; And every fenfe , and every heart is joy . Then comes thy glory in the Summer - months , With light and heat refulgent . Then thy fun Shoots full perfection thro ' the fwelling year : And oft thy voice in dreadful thunder ...
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