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... day delightless : fo that fearee The bittern knows his time , with bill ingulpht To shake the founding marth , or from the thore The plovers when to featter o'er the heath , A 3 And And fing their wild notes to the listening wafte .
... day delightless : fo that fearee The bittern knows his time , with bill ingulpht To shake the founding marth , or from the thore The plovers when to featter o'er the heath , A 3 And And fing their wild notes to the listening wafte .
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... 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 Relenting Nature , and his lufty fteers 35 40 Drives from their ...
... 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 Relenting Nature , and his lufty fteers 35 40 Drives from their ...
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... O'er every land , the naked nation's cloathe And be th ' exhauftlefs granary of a world ! Nor only thro ' the lenient air this change , Delicious , breathes ; the penetrative fun , His force de p - darting to the dark retreat Of ...
... O'er every land , the naked nation's cloathe And be th ' exhauftlefs granary of a world ! Nor only thro ' the lenient air this change , Delicious , breathes ; the penetrative fun , His force de p - darting to the dark retreat Of ...
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... o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' invenom'd leaf begins to curl , With fprinkled water drowns them in their neft ; Nor , while they pick them up with bufy bill , 135 The little ...
... o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' invenom'd leaf begins to curl , With fprinkled water drowns them in their neft ; Nor , while they pick them up with bufy bill , 135 The little ...
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... o'er the freshen'd world . The ftealing fhower is fcarce to patter heard , By fuch as wander thro ' the foreft - walks , Beneath th ' umbrageous , multitude of leaves . But who can hold the fhade , while heaven descends In univerfal ...
... o'er the freshen'd world . The ftealing fhower is fcarce to patter heard , By fuch as wander thro ' the foreft - walks , Beneath th ' umbrageous , multitude of leaves . But who can hold the fhade , while heaven descends In univerfal ...
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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