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... 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 , with whom compar'd your ...
... 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 , with whom compar'd your ...
Page 16
... rural fcenes ; fuch has the Mantuan fwain Paints in the matchlefs harmony of fong . Or catch thyself the landkip , gliding swift Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods and waters lull'd , And loft in lonely mufing , in ...
... rural fcenes ; fuch has the Mantuan fwain Paints in the matchlefs harmony of fong . Or catch thyself the landkip , gliding swift Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods and waters lull'd , And loft in lonely mufing , in ...
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... rural feat , 755 Whole lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , 765 In early Spring , his airy city builds , And ceafelefs caws amufive ; there , well - pleas'd , I might the various polity furvey ...
... rural feat , 755 Whole lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , 765 In early Spring , his airy city builds , And ceafelefs caws amufive ; there , well - pleas'd , I might the various polity furvey ...
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... rural peace : the herds , the flocks , the birds , The hollow - whispering breeze , the plaint of rills , That , purling down amid the twisted roots Which creep around , their dewy murmurs shake On the footh'd ear . From these ...
... rural peace : the herds , the flocks , the birds , The hollow - whispering breeze , the plaint of rills , That , purling down amid the twisted roots Which creep around , their dewy murmurs shake On the footh'd ear . From these ...
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... rural quiet , friendship , books , Eafe and alternate labour , ufeful life , Progreffive virtue , and approving heaven . Thefe are the matchlefs joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceafclefs round ...
... rural quiet , friendship , books , Eafe and alternate labour , ufeful life , Progreffive virtue , and approving heaven . Thefe are the matchlefs joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceafclefs round ...
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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