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... Such themes as these the rural Maro fung To wide - imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and tafte . by Greece refin'd . In ancient times , the facred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : 55 And fome ...
... Such themes as these the rural Maro fung To wide - imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and tafte . by Greece refin'd . In ancient times , the facred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : 55 And fome ...
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... Such were thofe prime of days . 271 But now those white unblemish'd minutes , whence The fabling poets took their golden age , Are found no more amid thefe ron times , Thefe dregs of life ! Now the difter.per'd mind 275 Has lof that ...
... Such were thofe prime of days . 271 But now those white unblemish'd minutes , whence The fabling poets took their golden age , Are found no more amid thefe ron times , Thefe dregs of life ! Now the difter.per'd mind 275 Has lof that ...
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... Such th ' all - perfect hand ; That pois'd , impels , and rules the steady whole . When now no more th ' alternate Twins are fir'd , And Cancer reddens with the folar blaze , Short is the doubtful empire of the night ; And foon ...
... Such th ' all - perfect hand ; That pois'd , impels , and rules the steady whole . When now no more th ' alternate Twins are fir'd , And Cancer reddens with the folar blaze , Short is the doubtful empire of the night ; And foon ...
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... Such as , of late , at Carthagena quench'd , The British fire . You , gallant Vernon , faw 1030 The miferable scene ; you , pitying , faw , To infant - weakness funk the warrior's arm ; Saw the deep - racking pang , the ghaftly form ...
... Such as , of late , at Carthagena quench'd , The British fire . You , gallant Vernon , faw 1030 The miferable scene ; you , pitying , faw , To infant - weakness funk the warrior's arm ; Saw the deep - racking pang , the ghaftly form ...
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... Such madning draughts of beauty to the foul , As for a while o'erwhelm'd his raptur'd thought With luxury too - daring Check'd , at laft , By love's refpectful modefty , he deem'd The theft profane , if aught profane to love Can e'er be ...
... Such madning draughts of beauty to the foul , As for a while o'erwhelm'd his raptur'd thought With luxury too - daring Check'd , at laft , By love's refpectful modefty , he deem'd The theft profane , if aught profane to love Can e'er be ...
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