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Page 187 - Smear'd over with an Oil of wond'rous Might, That adds new Pinions to their airy Flight But this by fure Experiment we know, That living Creatures from Corruption grow: Hide in a hollow Pit a flaughter'd Steer, Bees from his putrid Bowels will appear ; Who like their Parents haunt the Fields, and bring Their Hony-Harveft home, and hope another Spring.
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Page 25 - twas one at night. High was his comb, and coral-red withal, In dents embattled like a castle wall; His bill was raven-black, and shone like jet; Blue were his legs, and orient were his feet; White were his nails, like silver to behold, His body glittering like the burnish'd gold.
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| Title | Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, Volume 2 Fables ancient and modern, tr. into verse: with original poems, John Dryden |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Published | 1771 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2006 |
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