Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 2John Aikin |
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... bids you roar , or bids your roarings fall . Soft roll your incense , herbs , and fruits , and flowers , In mingled clouds to him ; whose Sun exalts , Whose breath perfumes you , and whose pencil paints . Ye forests bend , ye harvests ...
... bids you roar , or bids your roarings fall . Soft roll your incense , herbs , and fruits , and flowers , In mingled clouds to him ; whose Sun exalts , Whose breath perfumes you , and whose pencil paints . Ye forests bend , ye harvests ...
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... bids , God bids ; by his command How aggrandiz'd , the smallest thing we do ! Thus , nothing is insipid to the wise : To thee , insipid all , but what is mad ; Joys season'd high , and tasting strong of guilt . " Mad ! " ( thou reply'st ...
... bids , God bids ; by his command How aggrandiz'd , the smallest thing we do ! Thus , nothing is insipid to the wise : To thee , insipid all , but what is mad ; Joys season'd high , and tasting strong of guilt . " Mad ! " ( thou reply'st ...
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... Bids every passion revel or be still ; Inspires with rage , or all your cares dissolves ; There are , meantime , to whom the boist'rous fit Can soothe distraction , and almost despair . JOSEPH WARTON . marks , the taste displayed in its.
... Bids every passion revel or be still ; Inspires with rage , or all your cares dissolves ; There are , meantime , to whom the boist'rous fit Can soothe distraction , and almost despair . JOSEPH WARTON . marks , the taste displayed in its.
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