The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... mighty snake , whose shining pride Does through the meads in sinuous volumes glide . Ah , charming Isle ! fairest of all the main ! Too long thou dost my willing eye detain . For see a hero on the adverse strand ! And , lo ! a blooming ...
... mighty snake , whose shining pride Does through the meads in sinuous volumes glide . Ah , charming Isle ! fairest of all the main ! Too long thou dost my willing eye detain . For see a hero on the adverse strand ! And , lo ! a blooming ...
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... mighty mother , glide . From out the rock's wide cavern's deep below , The rushing ocean rises to its flow ; And , ebbing , here retires ; within its sides , In roomy caves the god of sea resides . Pillars unhewn , of living stone ...
... mighty mother , glide . From out the rock's wide cavern's deep below , The rushing ocean rises to its flow ; And , ebbing , here retires ; within its sides , In roomy caves the god of sea resides . Pillars unhewn , of living stone ...
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... mighty sovereign of the liquid plains ! Haste , to the surface of the deep repair , This solemn day requires thy presence there , To rule the storms , the rising waves restrain , And shake thy sceptre o'er the govern'd main . By ...
... mighty sovereign of the liquid plains ! Haste , to the surface of the deep repair , This solemn day requires thy presence there , To rule the storms , the rising waves restrain , And shake thy sceptre o'er the govern'd main . By ...
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... mighty sovereign came , And take a larger view of far - extended fame . See , crowds of heroes rise to sight ! Adolphus , with imperial splendour gay : Brave Philibert , unmatch'd in fight , Who led the German eagle to his prey , See ...
... mighty sovereign came , And take a larger view of far - extended fame . See , crowds of heroes rise to sight ! Adolphus , with imperial splendour gay : Brave Philibert , unmatch'd in fight , Who led the German eagle to his prey , See ...
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... mighty Theseus , travell'd o'cr Vast tracts of sea and land , and slew Wild beasts and serpents gore'd with human prey : From stony dens fierce lurking robbers drew , And bid the cheerful traveller pass on his peaceful way . Yet ...
... mighty Theseus , travell'd o'cr Vast tracts of sea and land , and slew Wild beasts and serpents gore'd with human prey : From stony dens fierce lurking robbers drew , And bid the cheerful traveller pass on his peaceful way . Yet ...
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