Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 207
... earth , fo he the world 1 The glorious train afcending . He though $ 113. And Spirit coming to create new worlds . The waters underneath from those above fhore They view'd the vaft immeafurable abyss Outrageous as a sea , dark , wasteful ...
... earth , fo he the world 1 The glorious train afcending . He though $ 113. And Spirit coming to create new worlds . The waters underneath from those above fhore They view'd the vaft immeafurable abyss Outrageous as a sea , dark , wasteful ...
Page 208
... earth , and man to till the ground None was ; but from the earth a dewy mist Went up and water'd all the ground , and each Plant of the field , which , ere it was in th ' earth God made , and every herb before it grew On the green ftem ...
... earth , and man to till the ground None was ; but from the earth a dewy mist Went up and water'd all the ground , and each Plant of the field , which , ere it was in th ' earth God made , and every herb before it grew On the green ftem ...
Page 209
... earth bring forth foul living in her kind , Cattle and creeping things , and beaft of th ' earth , Each in their kind . The earth obey ' d , and ftraight Op'ning her fertile womb teem'd at a birth Innumerous living creatures , perfect ...
... earth bring forth foul living in her kind , Cattle and creeping things , and beaft of th ' earth , Each in their kind . The earth obey ' d , and ftraight Op'ning her fertile womb teem'd at a birth Innumerous living creatures , perfect ...
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