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Page 81
... lyre ? Shall we not sing an Ode ? Shall that holy fire , In us that strongly glow'd , In this cold air expire ? Long since the summer laid Her lusty brav'ry down , The autumn half is way'd , And Boreas ' gins to frown , Since now I did ...
... lyre ? Shall we not sing an Ode ? Shall that holy fire , In us that strongly glow'd , In this cold air expire ? Long since the summer laid Her lusty brav'ry down , The autumn half is way'd , And Boreas ' gins to frown , Since now I did ...
Page 93
... lyre . If she sit down , with tops all tow'rds her bow'd , They round about her into arbours crowd ; Or if she walk , in even ranks they stand , Like some well marshall'd and obsequious band . Amphion so made stones and timber leap Into ...
... lyre . If she sit down , with tops all tow'rds her bow'd , They round about her into arbours crowd ; Or if she walk , in even ranks they stand , Like some well marshall'd and obsequious band . Amphion so made stones and timber leap Into ...
Page 115
... lyre I sung of Chaos and eternal Night , Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent , and up to re - ascend Through hard and rare : thee I revisit safe , And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not ...
... lyre I sung of Chaos and eternal Night , Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent , and up to re - ascend Through hard and rare : thee I revisit safe , And feel thy sov'reign vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not ...
Page 148
... lyre , and gently on it strook , The learned stones came dancing all along , And kept time to the charming song . With artificial pace the warlike pine , The elm and his wife the ivy twine , With all the better trees which erst had ...
... lyre , and gently on it strook , The learned stones came dancing all along , And kept time to the charming song . With artificial pace the warlike pine , The elm and his wife the ivy twine , With all the better trees which erst had ...
Page 152
... lyre Came gentle airs , such as inspire Melting love , and soft desire . Farewell then heroes , farewell kings , And mighty numbers , mighty things ; Love tunes my heart just to my strings . Drinking . The thirsty earth soaks up the ...
... lyre Came gentle airs , such as inspire Melting love , and soft desire . Farewell then heroes , farewell kings , And mighty numbers , mighty things ; Love tunes my heart just to my strings . Drinking . The thirsty earth soaks up the ...
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