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... charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : " Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen ...
... charge , Once went I forth ; and found , till then unknown , A cottage , whither oft we since repair : " Tis perch'd upon the green hill top , but close Environ'd with a ring of branching elms , That overhang the thatch , itself unseen ...
Page 10
... charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The hoorish driver leaning o'er his team Vociferous , and impatient of delay . Nor less attractive is the woodland scene , Diversified with trees of every growth , Alike , yet various ...
... charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The hoorish driver leaning o'er his team Vociferous , and impatient of delay . Nor less attractive is the woodland scene , Diversified with trees of every growth , Alike , yet various ...
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... charged with putrid verdure , breathe a gross And mortal nuisance into all the air . What solid was , by transformation strange , Grows fluid ; and the fix'd and rooted earth , Tormented into billows , heaves and swells , Or with ...
... charged with putrid verdure , breathe a gross And mortal nuisance into all the air . What solid was , by transformation strange , Grows fluid ; and the fix'd and rooted earth , Tormented into billows , heaves and swells , Or with ...
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... charge , Possess'd an inland scene . Where now the throng , That press'd the beach , and , hasty to depart , Look'd to the sea for safety ? They are gone , Gone with the refluent wave into the deep- A prince with half his people ...
... charge , Possess'd an inland scene . Where now the throng , That press'd the beach , and , hasty to depart , Look'd to the sea for safety ? They are gone , Gone with the refluent wave into the deep- A prince with half his people ...
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... charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look , And tender in address , as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! - Is it like ? - BOOK II . 3377 THE TIME ...
... charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look , And tender in address , as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men . Behold the picture ! - Is it like ? - BOOK II . 3377 THE TIME ...
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath betimes bird boast breath call'd cause charms CHISWICK dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour human labour less life's live lost lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps PINEAPPLE pity pleasure praise press'd prize proud rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile smooth soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare spleen stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil touch'd trembling truth Twas virtue voice WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth