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Page 19
... kind , By culture tamed , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth matured . War and the chase engross the savage whole : War follow'd for revenge , or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot : The chase ...
... kind , By culture tamed , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth matured . War and the chase engross the savage whole : War follow'd for revenge , or to supplant The envied tenants of some happier spot : The chase ...
Page 57
... kind ? True ; I am no proficient , I confess , In arts like yours . I cannot call the swift And perilous lightnings from the angry clouds , And bid them hide themselves in earth beneath ; I cannot analyse the air , nor catch The ...
... kind ? True ; I am no proficient , I confess , In arts like yours . I cannot call the swift And perilous lightnings from the angry clouds , And bid them hide themselves in earth beneath ; I cannot analyse the air , nor catch The ...
Page 60
... kind to the poor brutes We persecute , annihilate the tribes That draw the sportsman over hill and dale , Fearless , and rapt away from all his cares ; Should never game - fowl hatch her eggs again , Nor baited hook deceive the fish's ...
... kind to the poor brutes We persecute , annihilate the tribes That draw the sportsman over hill and dale , Fearless , and rapt away from all his cares ; Should never game - fowl hatch her eggs again , Nor baited hook deceive the fish's ...
Page 69
... breeding else Contagion , and disseminating death . Discharge , but these kind offices , ( and who Would spare , that loves them , offices like these ? ) Well they reward the toil . The sight is pleased BOOK III . 69 THE GARDEN .
... breeding else Contagion , and disseminating death . Discharge , but these kind offices , ( and who Would spare , that loves them , offices like these ? ) Well they reward the toil . The sight is pleased BOOK III . 69 THE GARDEN .
Page 70
... kind , All healthful , are the employs of rural life , Reiterated as the wheel of time Runs round ; still ending , and beginning still . Nor are these all . To deck the shapely knoll , That softly swell'd and gaily dress'd appears A ...
... kind , All healthful , are the employs of rural life , Reiterated as the wheel of time Runs round ; still ending , and beginning still . Nor are these all . To deck the shapely knoll , That softly swell'd and gaily dress'd appears A ...
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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