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... sound , Till the roofs all around The shrill echoes rebound : 5 While in more lengthen'd notes and slow , The deep , majestic , solemn organs blow . II Hark ! the numbers soft and clear , Gently steal upon the ear ; Now louder , and yet ...
... sound , Till the roofs all around The shrill echoes rebound : 5 While in more lengthen'd notes and slow , The deep , majestic , solemn organs blow . II Hark ! the numbers soft and clear , Gently steal upon the ear ; Now louder , and yet ...
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... sound . Henceforth farewell , then , fev'rish thirst of fame ; Farewell the longings for a poet's name ; Perish my Muse — a wish ' bove all severe To him who ever held the Muses dear- If e'er her labours weaken to refine 350 The gen ...
... sound . Henceforth farewell , then , fev'rish thirst of fame ; Farewell the longings for a poet's name ; Perish my Muse — a wish ' bove all severe To him who ever held the Muses dear- If e'er her labours weaken to refine 350 The gen ...
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... sound Falls a soft murmur on th ' uninjur'd ear . Thus sitting , and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns , I seem advanc'd To some secure and more than mortal height , That liberates and exempts me from them all . It turns ...
... sound Falls a soft murmur on th ' uninjur'd ear . Thus sitting , and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns , I seem advanc'd To some secure and more than mortal height , That liberates and exempts me from them all . It turns ...
Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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