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Page 52
... thou best Anâna , thou the pride , Of vegetable life , beyond whate'er The poets imag'd in the golden age : 670 Quick , let me ftrip thee of thy tufty coat , 675 Spread thy ambrofial stores , and feast with Jove ! From thefe the ...
... thou best Anâna , thou the pride , Of vegetable life , beyond whate'er The poets imag'd in the golden age : 670 Quick , let me ftrip thee of thy tufty coat , 675 Spread thy ambrofial stores , and feast with Jove ! From thefe the ...
Page 54
... thou , blafpheming Heaven , With confecrated steel to ftab their peace , And thro ' the land , yet red from civil wounds , To fpread the purple tyranny of Rome . Thou , like the harmless bee , may't freely range , From mead to mead ...
... thou , blafpheming Heaven , With confecrated steel to ftab their peace , And thro ' the land , yet red from civil wounds , To fpread the purple tyranny of Rome . Thou , like the harmless bee , may't freely range , From mead to mead ...
Page 65
... thou ftranger to offence , 1195 " And inward ftorm ! He , who yon fky involves " In frowns of darkness , ever fmiles on thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the secret shaft " That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour , " Of noon ...
... thou ftranger to offence , 1195 " And inward ftorm ! He , who yon fky involves " In frowns of darkness , ever fmiles on thee " With kind regard . O'er thee the secret shaft " That wastes at midnight , or th ' undreaded hour , " Of noon ...
Page 67
... thou ; as from the fnowy leg , And flender foot , th ' inverted filk the drew ; As the foft touch diffolv'd the virgin zone ; 1300 And , thro ' the parting robe , th ' alternate breaft , With youth wild - throbbing , on thy lawless gaze ...
... thou ; as from the fnowy leg , And flender foot , th ' inverted filk the drew ; As the foft touch diffolv'd the virgin zone ; 1300 And , thro ' the parting robe , th ' alternate breaft , With youth wild - throbbing , on thy lawless gaze ...
Page 72
... thou , And patriots , fertile . Thine a fteady More , Who , with a generous tho ' mistaken zeal , Withstood a brutal tyrant's ufeful rage , Like Cato firm , like Ariftides juft , Like rigid Cincinnatus nobly poor , A dauntless foul ...
... thou , And patriots , fertile . Thine a fteady More , Who , with a generous tho ' mistaken zeal , Withstood a brutal tyrant's ufeful rage , Like Cato firm , like Ariftides juft , Like rigid Cincinnatus nobly poor , A dauntless foul ...
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