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Page 83
... Sublime on radiant fpheres he rode , When he to fair Olympia prefs'd : And while he fought her fnowy breast : Then round her flender waist he curl'd , And stamp'd an image of himself , a fov'reign of the world . The lift'ning crowd ...
... Sublime on radiant fpheres he rode , When he to fair Olympia prefs'd : And while he fought her fnowy breast : Then round her flender waist he curl'd , And stamp'd an image of himself , a fov'reign of the world . The lift'ning crowd ...
Page 91
... these fort of odes are well adap- ted to fubjects of an elevated and sublime nature , where much imagery is introduced . Ode on CONSTANCY . Whence does this fudden luftre rise Of LYRIC POETRY . 91 Seek not to know to-morrow's doom ...
... these fort of odes are well adap- ted to fubjects of an elevated and sublime nature , where much imagery is introduced . Ode on CONSTANCY . Whence does this fudden luftre rise Of LYRIC POETRY . 91 Seek not to know to-morrow's doom ...
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