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Page 5
... heads to the sky . As vet the trembling year is unconfirm'd , And Winter oft at eve resumes the breeze , Chil's the pale morn , and bids his driving fleets 20 Deform the day delightless : fo that fearee The bittern knows his time , with ...
... heads to the sky . As vet the trembling year is unconfirm'd , And Winter oft at eve resumes the breeze , Chil's the pale morn , and bids his driving fleets 20 Deform the day delightless : fo that fearee The bittern knows his time , with ...
Page 16
... head , where purple v olets lurk , With all the lowly children of the fhade : Or lic reclin'd beneath yon fpreading afh , 449 1 Hung o'er the steep ; whence borne on liquid wing , The founding culver fhoots ; or where the hawk , High ...
... head , where purple v olets lurk , With all the lowly children of the fhade : Or lic reclin'd beneath yon fpreading afh , 449 1 Hung o'er the steep ; whence borne on liquid wing , The founding culver fhoots ; or where the hawk , High ...
Page 19
... heads Of the coy quirifters that lodge within , Are prodigal of harmony . The thrush And woodlark , o'er the kind contending throng Superior heard , run thro ' the fweeteft length Of notes ; when liftening Philomela deigns To let them ...
... heads Of the coy quirifters that lodge within , Are prodigal of harmony . The thrush And woodlark , o'er the kind contending throng Superior heard , run thro ' the fweeteft length Of notes ; when liftening Philomela deigns To let them ...
Page 21
... drop , 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.
... drop , 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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... head , And by the well - known joy to distant plains Attracted strong , all wild he bursts away ; O'er rocks , and woods , and craggy mountains flies ; And , neighing , on the aerial fummit takes . Th ' exciting gale ; the steep ...
... head , And by the well - known joy to distant plains Attracted strong , all wild he bursts away ; O'er rocks , and woods , and craggy mountains flies ; And , neighing , on the aerial fummit takes . Th ' exciting gale ; the steep ...
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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