Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... streams ; Of those rich fruits that on the fertile mold Turn'd yellow by degrees , and ripen'd into gold : How fome in feathers , or a ragged hide , Have lived a fecond life , and diff'rent natures try'd . Then will thy Ovid thus ...
... streams ; Of those rich fruits that on the fertile mold Turn'd yellow by degrees , and ripen'd into gold : How fome in feathers , or a ragged hide , Have lived a fecond life , and diff'rent natures try'd . Then will thy Ovid thus ...
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... streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round ' em where they break ; The fkies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills ...
... streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round ' em where they break ; The fkies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the fea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills ...
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... streams below ; That when the youth , led by their princes , fhun The crowded hive , and fport it in the fun , Refreshing fprings may tempt ' em from the heat , And fhady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighb'ring water ...
... streams below ; That when the youth , led by their princes , fhun The crowded hive , and fport it in the fun , Refreshing fprings may tempt ' em from the heat , And fhady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighb'ring water ...
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... stream ; And thus they feed their young with strange delight , And knead the yielding wax , and work the flimy fweet , But when on high you fee the bees repair , Borne on the wind , thro ' distant tracts of air , And view the winged ...
... stream ; And thus they feed their young with strange delight , And knead the yielding wax , and work the flimy fweet , But when on high you fee the bees repair , Borne on the wind , thro ' distant tracts of air , And view the winged ...
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... streams the verdant fuccory supply , And how the thirfty plant drinks rivers dry ; What with a chearful green does parfly grace , And writhes the bellying cucumber along the twisted grafs ; Nor would I pafs the foft acanthus o'er , Ivy ...
... streams the verdant fuccory supply , And how the thirfty plant drinks rivers dry ; What with a chearful green does parfly grace , And writhes the bellying cucumber along the twisted grafs ; Nor would I pafs the foft acanthus o'er , Ivy ...
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