The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1856 - English poetry |
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Page 110
... Phoebus cries - Aurora , come - too late Thou lingerest , slumbering , with thy wither'd mate ; Leave him , and to Hymettus ' top repair ! Thy darling Cephalus expects thee there . The goddess with a blush her love betrays , But mounts ...
... Phoebus cries - Aurora , come - too late Thou lingerest , slumbering , with thy wither'd mate ; Leave him , and to Hymettus ' top repair ! Thy darling Cephalus expects thee there . The goddess with a blush her love betrays , But mounts ...
Page 132
... Phoebus raise the polish'd rhyme , We too serve Phoebus ; Phoebus has received ( If legends old may claim to be believed ) No sordid gifts from us , the golden ear , The burnish'd apple , ruddiest of the year , The fragrant crocus , and ...
... Phoebus raise the polish'd rhyme , We too serve Phoebus ; Phoebus has received ( If legends old may claim to be believed ) No sordid gifts from us , the golden ear , The burnish'd apple , ruddiest of the year , The fragrant crocus , and ...
Page 263
... Phoebus pierced my thriving joys Nor Dian - she my girls , or he my boys . But Dian rather , when my daughters lay In parturition , chased their pangs away . And all my sons , by Phoebus ' bounty , shared A vigorous youth , by sickness ...
... Phoebus pierced my thriving joys Nor Dian - she my girls , or he my boys . But Dian rather , when my daughters lay In parturition , chased their pangs away . And all my sons , by Phoebus ' bounty , shared A vigorous youth , by sickness ...
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