Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... woods . 1 O may'st thou ftill the noble task prolong , Nor age , nor fickness interrupt thy song : Then may we wond'ring read , how human limbs Have water'd kingdoms , and diffolv'd in streams ; Of those rich fruits that on the fertile ...
... woods . 1 O may'st thou ftill the noble task prolong , Nor age , nor fickness interrupt thy song : Then may we wond'ring read , how human limbs Have water'd kingdoms , and diffolv'd in streams ; Of those rich fruits that on the fertile ...
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... wood - pecks , nor the fwallow harbour near . They waste the swarms , and as they fly along Convey the tender morfels to their young . [ mofs ; Let purling ftreams , and fountains edg'd with And shallow rills run trickling through the ...
... wood - pecks , nor the fwallow harbour near . They waste the swarms , and as they fly along Convey the tender morfels to their young . [ mofs ; Let purling ftreams , and fountains edg'd with And shallow rills run trickling through the ...
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... woods and forefts take their flight . They rifle ev'ry flow'r , and lightly fkim The cryftal brook , and fip the running stream ; And thus they feed their young with strange delight , And knead the yielding wax , and work the flimy ...
... woods and forefts take their flight . They rifle ev'ry flow'r , and lightly fkim The cryftal brook , and fip the running stream ; And thus they feed their young with strange delight , And knead the yielding wax , and work the flimy ...
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... woods , to feek for new fupplies , And in the common stock unlades his thighs . Some watch the food , fome in the meadows ply , Taste ev'ry bud , and fuck each blossom dry ; Whilft others , lab'ring in their cells at home , Temper ...
... woods , to feek for new fupplies , And in the common stock unlades his thighs . Some watch the food , fome in the meadows ply , Taste ev'ry bud , and fuck each blossom dry ; Whilft others , lab'ring in their cells at home , Temper ...
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... woods attended as he play'd , And Rhodope was left without a shade . IV . Mufic religious heats inspires , It wakes the foul , and lifts it high , And wings it with fublime defires , And fits it to bespeak the deity . Th ' Almighty ...
... woods attended as he play'd , And Rhodope was left without a shade . IV . Mufic religious heats inspires , It wakes the foul , and lifts it high , And wings it with fublime defires , And fits it to bespeak the deity . Th ' Almighty ...
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