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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Page 11
... various states , the various bounds appear ; There wide Hispania , fruitful Gallia here ; Belgia's moist soil , conspicuous from afar , And Flandria , long the field of a destructive war . Germania too , with cluster'd vines o'erspread ...
... various states , the various bounds appear ; There wide Hispania , fruitful Gallia here ; Belgia's moist soil , conspicuous from afar , And Flandria , long the field of a destructive war . Germania too , with cluster'd vines o'erspread ...
Page 12
... various tablets show Past scenes of battle to the crowd below ! Round this triumphant pile , in rustic dance , The shouting swains shall hand in hand advance ; The wealthy farmer from his toils shall cease ; The ploughman from the yoke ...
... various tablets show Past scenes of battle to the crowd below ! Round this triumphant pile , in rustic dance , The shouting swains shall hand in hand advance ; The wealthy farmer from his toils shall cease ; The ploughman from the yoke ...
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... various scenes of new delight . Come , see the dower I brought ! My spacious downs , My numerous counties , and my ancient towns ; Landscapes of rising mountains , shaggy woods , Green valleys , smiling meadows , silver floods , And ...
... various scenes of new delight . Come , see the dower I brought ! My spacious downs , My numerous counties , and my ancient towns ; Landscapes of rising mountains , shaggy woods , Green valleys , smiling meadows , silver floods , And ...
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... various sweets th ' exhaling spirits drew : While , in full canisters , Pomona bore Of richest fruits a plenteous store ; And Vesta promis'd wondrous things to do . Gay Venus led a lively train Of smiles and graces : the plump god of ...
... various sweets th ' exhaling spirits drew : While , in full canisters , Pomona bore Of richest fruits a plenteous store ; And Vesta promis'd wondrous things to do . Gay Venus led a lively train Of smiles and graces : the plump god of ...
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... various globes on high ; When Time was taught his infant wings to try , And from the barrier sprung to his appointed race . Supreme , Almighty , still the same ! ' Tis he , the great inspiring Mind , That animates and moves this ...
... various globes on high ; When Time was taught his infant wings to try , And from the barrier sprung to his appointed race . Supreme , Almighty , still the same ! ' Tis he , the great inspiring Mind , That animates and moves this ...
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