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... light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all - surrounding Heaven . 31 Forth fy the tepid airs : and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving foftnefs ftrays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives ...
... light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all - surrounding Heaven . 31 Forth fy the tepid airs : and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving foftnefs ftrays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives ...
Page 7
... light and fhade ! where the fight dwells 85 With growing strength , and ever - new delight . From the moist meadow to the wither'd hill , Led by the breeze , the vivid verdure runs , And fwells , and deepens , to the cherish'd eye . The ...
... light and fhade ! where the fight dwells 85 With growing strength , and ever - new delight . From the moist meadow to the wither'd hill , Led by the breeze , the vivid verdure runs , And fwells , and deepens , to the cherish'd eye . The ...
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... light , by thee difclos'd From the white mingling maze . Not fo the fwain ; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend , Delightful , o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive ...
... light , by thee difclos'd From the white mingling maze . Not fo the fwain ; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend , Delightful , o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive ...
Page 11
... light flumbers gently fum'd away ; And up they rofe as vigorous as the fun , Or to the culture of the willing glebe , Or to the chearful tendence of the flock . 245 Meantime the fong went round ; and dance and fport , Wildom and ...
... light flumbers gently fum'd away ; And up they rofe as vigorous as the fun , Or to the culture of the willing glebe , Or to the chearful tendence of the flock . 245 Meantime the fong went round ; and dance and fport , Wildom and ...
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... Light on the numbers of the Samian fage . 365 370 375 High Heaven forbids the bold prefumptuous ftrain , Whofe wifeft will has fix'd us in a state That must not yet to pure perfection rife . Befides , who knows , how rais'd to higher ...
... Light on the numbers of the Samian fage . 365 370 375 High Heaven forbids the bold prefumptuous ftrain , Whofe wifeft will has fix'd us in a state That must not yet to pure perfection rife . Befides , who knows , how rais'd to higher ...
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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