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Page 205 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
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| Title | The Modern Monitor; Or, Flyn's Speculations Eighteenth Century English short title catalogue Eighteenth Century collection The Modern Monitor; Or, Flyn's Speculations, William Flyn |
| Contributor | William Flyn |
| Publisher | William Flyn, 1771 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Sep 22, 2006 |
| Length | 297 pages |
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