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Page 6
... these the 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 ...
... these the 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 ...
Page 11
... these happ✓ fons of heav'n ; Fr reafon and benevolence were law . Harmonious Nature too look'd fmiling on . Clear fhone the fkies , cool'd with eternal gales , And balm fpirit all . The youthful fun Shot his beft rays , and ft 11 the ...
... these happ✓ fons of heav'n ; Fr reafon and benevolence were law . Harmonious Nature too look'd fmiling on . Clear fhone the fkies , cool'd with eternal gales , And balm fpirit all . The youthful fun Shot his beft rays , and ft 11 the ...
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... the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the distant main . But why fo far excurfive ? when at hand , Along these blushing borders , bright with dew , 525 And And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair handed SPRING . 17.
... the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the distant main . But why fo far excurfive ? when at hand , Along these blushing borders , bright with dew , 525 And And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair handed SPRING . 17.
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... these green days , Reviving fickness lifts her languid head ; Life flows afreth ; and young - ey'd health exalts The whole creation round . Contentment walks 890 The funny glade , and feels an inward blifs Soring o'er his mind , beyond ...
... these green days , Reviving fickness lifts her languid head ; Life flows afreth ; and young - ey'd health exalts The whole creation round . Contentment walks 890 The funny glade , and feels an inward blifs Soring o'er his mind , beyond ...
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... these abstracted oft , You wander thro ' the philofophic world ; 916 Where in bright train continual wonders rife , 920 Or to the curious or the pious eye . And oft , conducted by historic truth , 925 You tread the long extent of ...
... these abstracted oft , You wander thro ' the philofophic world ; 916 Where in bright train continual wonders rife , 920 Or to the curious or the pious eye . And oft , conducted by historic truth , 925 You tread the long extent of ...
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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