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Page 100
... Muse , High - hovering o'er the broad cerulean fcene , Sees Caledonia , in romantic view ; Her airy mountains , from the waving main , Invested with a keen diffusive sky , Breathing the foul acute ; her forefts huge , Incult , robuft ...
... Muse , High - hovering o'er the broad cerulean fcene , Sees Caledonia , in romantic view ; Her airy mountains , from the waving main , Invested with a keen diffusive sky , Breathing the foul acute ; her forefts huge , Incult , robuft ...
Page 114
... Muse Record what envy dares not flattery call . Now when the chearlefs - empire of the sky To Capricorn the Centaur Archer yields , And fierce Aquarius stains th ' inverted year ; Hung o'er the fartheft verge of heaven , the fun Scarce ...
... Muse Record what envy dares not flattery call . Now when the chearlefs - empire of the sky To Capricorn the Centaur Archer yields , And fierce Aquarius stains th ' inverted year ; Hung o'er the fartheft verge of heaven , the fun Scarce ...
Page 121
... muse . Even in the vale , where wisdom loves to dwell , With friendship , peace , and contemplation join'd , How many , rack'd with honest passions , droop 345 In deep retir'd d ftrefs . How many stand Around the death - bed of their ...
... muse . Even in the vale , where wisdom loves to dwell , With friendship , peace , and contemplation join'd , How many , rack'd with honest passions , droop 345 In deep retir'd d ftrefs . How many stand Around the death - bed of their ...
Page 127
... Muse , That heart of friendship , and that foul of joy , Which bade with softeft light thy virtues im le Ah ! only thew'd , to check our fond pursuits , And teach our humbled hopes that life is vain . 570 Thus in fome deep retirement ...
... Muse , That heart of friendship , and that foul of joy , Which bade with softeft light thy virtues im le Ah ! only thew'd , to check our fond pursuits , And teach our humbled hopes that life is vain . 570 Thus in fome deep retirement ...
Page 130
... Muse : 690 For now , behold , the joyous winter - days , Frofty , fucceed ; and thro ' the blue ferene , For fight too fine , th ' ethereal nitre flies ; Killing infectious damps , and the spent air Storing afresh with elemental life ...
... Muse : 690 For now , behold , the joyous winter - days , Frofty , fucceed ; and thro ' the blue ferene , For fight too fine , th ' ethereal nitre flies ; Killing infectious damps , and the spent air Storing afresh with elemental life ...
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