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James Thomson. Now meets the bending sky ; the river now Dimpling along , the breezy ruffled lake , The foreft darkening round , the glittering spire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the diftant main . But why fo far excurfive ? when at ...
James Thomson. Now meets the bending sky ; the river now Dimpling along , the breezy ruffled lake , The foreft darkening round , the glittering spire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the diftant main . But why fo far excurfive ? when at ...
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... : his nervous cheft , Luxuriant , and erect , the feat of strength ! Bears down th ' oppofing ftream : quenchless his thirst ; He takes the river at redoubled draughts ; And with K4 SUMMER . 71 The circling furface. In the middle droops ...
... : his nervous cheft , Luxuriant , and erect , the feat of strength ! Bears down th ' oppofing ftream : quenchless his thirst ; He takes the river at redoubled draughts ; And with K4 SUMMER . 71 The circling furface. In the middle droops ...
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James Thomson. He takes the river at redoubled draughts ; And with wide noftrils , fnorting , skims the wave . Still let me pierce into the midnight depth Of yonder grove , of wildest largest growth : That , forming high in air a ...
James Thomson. He takes the river at redoubled draughts ; And with wide noftrils , fnorting , skims the wave . Still let me pierce into the midnight depth Of yonder grove , of wildest largest growth : That , forming high in air a ...
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... rivers roll their fatt'ning feas : On whose luxuriant herbage , half - conceal'd , Like a fallen cedar , far diffus'd his train , Cas'd in green fcales , the ... river - horse , O truly wife ! with gentle might endow'd , Tho 80 SUMMER .
... rivers roll their fatt'ning feas : On whose luxuriant herbage , half - conceal'd , Like a fallen cedar , far diffus'd his train , Cas'd in green fcales , the ... river - horse , O truly wife ! with gentle might endow'd , Tho 80 SUMMER .
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... river breaks ; And gathering many a flood , and copious fed With all the mellowed treasures of the sky , Winds in progreffive majefty along : Thro ' splendid kingdoms now devolves his maze , Now wanders wild o'er folitary tracts Of life ...
... river breaks ; And gathering many a flood , and copious fed With all the mellowed treasures of the sky , Winds in progreffive majefty along : Thro ' splendid kingdoms now devolves his maze , Now wanders wild o'er folitary tracts Of life ...
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