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Page 9
... fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er , The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But ufelefs lances into scythes ... field . Sees lilies fpring , and fudden verdure rite ; And ftaris , amidit the thirty wilds , to hear New falls of ...
... fields with gleaming steel be cover'd o'er , The brazen trumpets kindle rage no more ; But ufelefs lances into scythes ... field . Sees lilies fpring , and fudden verdure rite ; And ftaris , amidit the thirty wilds , to hear New falls of ...
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... field unwall'd , Strew'd with death's spoils , the spoils of animals Savage and tame , and full of dead inen's bones ? The very turf on which we tread once liv'd ; And we that live muft lend our carcafes To cover our own offspring in ...
... field unwall'd , Strew'd with death's spoils , the spoils of animals Savage and tame , and full of dead inen's bones ? The very turf on which we tread once liv'd ; And we that live muft lend our carcafes To cover our own offspring in ...
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... , To him your praises yield , Whofe influence wakes the genial birth , Drops fatnefs on the pregnant earth , And crowns the laughing field , Ye Ye winds , that oft tempeftuous fweep The ruffled furface Book I. 21 SACRED MORAL . AND.
... , To him your praises yield , Whofe influence wakes the genial birth , Drops fatnefs on the pregnant earth , And crowns the laughing field , Ye Ye winds , that oft tempeftuous fweep The ruffled furface Book I. 21 SACRED MORAL . AND.
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... field , In yon ethereal founts of bliis to lave : Force then , fecure in faith's protecting fhield , The fting from death , the vict'ry from the grave ! Book I. De l'avenir , cher Keith , jugeons par le paffé Comme avant que je fuffe il ...
... field , In yon ethereal founts of bliis to lave : Force then , fecure in faith's protecting fhield , The fting from death , the vict'ry from the grave ! Book I. De l'avenir , cher Keith , jugeons par le paffé Comme avant que je fuffe il ...
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... field . The faithful maftiff is my guard ; The feather'd tribes adorn my yard ; Alive , my joy , my treat when dead , And their foft plumes improve my bed . My cow rewards me all the can ( Brutes leave ingratitude to man ) ; She , daily ...
... field . The faithful maftiff is my guard ; The feather'd tribes adorn my yard ; Alive , my joy , my treat when dead , And their foft plumes improve my bed . My cow rewards me all the can ( Brutes leave ingratitude to man ) ; She , daily ...
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