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... hence they keep , reprefs'd Thofe deep'ning clouds on clouds , furcharg'd with That o'er the vaft . Atlantic hither borne , [ rain , In end'efs train , would quench the fummer - blaze , 141 And , chearless , drown the crude unripen'd ...
... hence they keep , reprefs'd Thofe deep'ning clouds on clouds , furcharg'd with That o'er the vaft . Atlantic hither borne , [ rain , In end'efs train , would quench the fummer - blaze , 141 And , chearless , drown the crude unripen'd ...
Page 12
... Hence , in old duky time , a deluge came : When the deep - cleft difparting orb , that arch'd 310 The central waters round , impetuous rush'3 , With univerfal burft , into the gulph , And o'er the high pil'd hills of fractur'd earth ...
... Hence , in old duky time , a deluge came : When the deep - cleft difparting orb , that arch'd 310 The central waters round , impetuous rush'3 , With univerfal burft , into the gulph , And o'er the high pil'd hills of fractur'd earth ...
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... Hence the gloffy kind Try every winning way inventive love Can dictate , and in courtship to their mates Pour forth their little fouls . First , wide around , With diftant awe , in airy rings they rove , Endeavouring by a thoufand ...
... Hence the gloffy kind Try every winning way inventive love Can dictate , and in courtship to their mates Pour forth their little fouls . First , wide around , With diftant awe , in airy rings they rove , Endeavouring by a thoufand ...
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... , And whirring thence , as if alarm'd , deceive 690 Th ' unfeeling school - boy . Hence , around the head Of wandering ( wain , the white wing'd plover wheels 685 Her Her founding flight , and then directly on In long SPRING . 21.
... , And whirring thence , as if alarm'd , deceive 690 Th ' unfeeling school - boy . Hence , around the head Of wandering ( wain , the white wing'd plover wheels 685 Her Her founding flight , and then directly on In long SPRING . 21.
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... hence , O'er the rough mofs , and o'er the trackless wafte 696 The heath - hen flutters , ( pious fraud ! ) to lead The hot pursuing spaniel far aftray . 700 Be not the Mufe afham'd , here to bemoan Her brothers of the grove , by tyrant ...
... hence , O'er the rough mofs , and o'er the trackless wafte 696 The heath - hen flutters , ( pious fraud ! ) to lead The hot pursuing spaniel far aftray . 700 Be not the Mufe afham'd , here to bemoan Her brothers of the grove , by tyrant ...
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afcending amid beam beauty beneath blaft blifs bloom bofom breaft breath breeze chearful clouds courfe croud deep defcends earth ether exalts facred fafe fair fair brow fcarce fcene feas fecret feeks feem fenfe fhade fhine filent filk fimple fing firanger firft fkies flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow foaring focial foft fome fong fons foreft foul fpirit fpread froft ftand ftill ftorm ftream fuch fudden funk fwain fweep fweet fwelling gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills immenfe Inceffant laft lefs loft luftre mingled mix'd mountains Mufe mufic Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace plain pleafing rage rais'd refounding rife rocks round rous'd rural ſcene ſky Spring tempeft thee thefe theſe thine Thio thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil vaft vale virtue wafte wave whofe whoſe wide wild winds wing wintry woods