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... sweet , Were all his flumbers ; with the Sun he rofe , Alert and vigorous as He , to run ( ftrength His deftin'd course . Thus nerv'd with giant He ftemm'd the tide of time , and toed the hock Of Rous'd by the cry of wickedness extreme ...
... sweet , Were all his flumbers ; with the Sun he rofe , Alert and vigorous as He , to run ( ftrength His deftin'd course . Thus nerv'd with giant He ftemm'd the tide of time , and toed the hock Of Rous'd by the cry of wickedness extreme ...
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... Sweet as the honey dew flow'd her enchanting tongue . " Dear Hercules , whence this unkind delay ? Dear youth , what doubts can thus diftra & t thy mind ? Securely follow where I lead the way , [ fin'd . And range thro ' wilds of ...
... Sweet as the honey dew flow'd her enchanting tongue . " Dear Hercules , whence this unkind delay ? Dear youth , what doubts can thus diftra & t thy mind ? Securely follow where I lead the way , [ fin'd . And range thro ' wilds of ...
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... sweet than fweeteft fong [ praife ! Charming the foul , thou ne'er didit hear thy No - to thy revels let the fool repair ; To fuch go fmooth thy fpeech ; and spread thy tempting fnare . Vaft happiness enjoy thy gay allies ! A youth of ...
... sweet than fweeteft fong [ praife ! Charming the foul , thou ne'er didit hear thy No - to thy revels let the fool repair ; To fuch go fmooth thy fpeech ; and spread thy tempting fnare . Vaft happiness enjoy thy gay allies ! A youth of ...
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... sweet my rest , Such as the infant's on the breast ; When Fancy , ever on the wing , And fruitful as the genial spring , Prefented , in a blaze of light , A new creation to my fight . A rural landscape I defcried , Drefs'd in the robes ...
... sweet my rest , Such as the infant's on the breast ; When Fancy , ever on the wing , And fruitful as the genial spring , Prefented , in a blaze of light , A new creation to my fight . A rural landscape I defcried , Drefs'd in the robes ...
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... sweet . ' Far from the city I refide , ' And a thatch'd cottage all my pride . True to my heart , 1 feldom roam , " * Because I find my joys at home : For foreign vifits then begin , When the man feels a void within . ' But tho ' from ...
... sweet . ' Far from the city I refide , ' And a thatch'd cottage all my pride . True to my heart , 1 feldom roam , " * Because I find my joys at home : For foreign vifits then begin , When the man feels a void within . ' But tho ' from ...
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