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Page 14
... whose toil , Patient and ever ready , clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest : shall he bleed , And ftruggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds ? And that perhaps To fwell the rio of the autumnal feast ...
... whose toil , Patient and ever ready , clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest : shall he bleed , And ftruggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds ? And that perhaps To fwell the rio of the autumnal feast ...
Page 43
... Whose wifdom thines as lovely on our minds , As on our smiling eyes his fervant fun . Thick in yon ftream of light , a thousand ways , Upward and downward , thwarting , and convolv'd , The quivering nations fport ; till tempeft - wing'd ...
... Whose wifdom thines as lovely on our minds , As on our smiling eyes his fervant fun . Thick in yon ftream of light , a thousand ways , Upward and downward , thwarting , and convolv'd , The quivering nations fport ; till tempeft - wing'd ...
Page 52
... whose luxuriant herbage , half conceal'd , Like a fallen cedar , far diffus'd his train , Cas'd in green fcales , the crocodile extends . The flood difparts : behold ! in plaited mail , Behemoth rears his head . Glanc'd from his fide ...
... whose luxuriant herbage , half conceal'd , Like a fallen cedar , far diffus'd his train , Cas'd in green fcales , the crocodile extends . The flood difparts : behold ! in plaited mail , Behemoth rears his head . Glanc'd from his fide ...
Page 56
... whose dread expanfe , Continuous depth , and wondrous length of courfe , Our floods are rills . With unabated force , In filent dignity they fweep along , 835 And traverse realms unknown , and blooming wilds , And fruitful defarts ...
... whose dread expanfe , Continuous depth , and wondrous length of courfe , Our floods are rills . With unabated force , In filent dignity they fweep along , 835 And traverse realms unknown , and blooming wilds , And fruitful defarts ...
Page 74
... by thy naval arm ; Not to be fhook thyfelf , but all affaults Baffling , as the hoar cliffs the loud fea - wave . O Thou ! by whose almighty Nod the scale -1585 1590 Of Of empire rifes , or alternate falls , Send forth SUMMER .
... by thy naval arm ; Not to be fhook thyfelf , but all affaults Baffling , as the hoar cliffs the loud fea - wave . O Thou ! by whose almighty Nod the scale -1585 1590 Of Of empire rifes , or alternate falls , Send forth SUMMER .
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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