Miscellaneous Poems and Translations: By Several Hands. Particularly, I. Windsor-Forest, ... By Mr. PopeBernard Lintot, 1720 - English poetry |
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... , Like them in beauty , fhould be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water feem to strive again , A 4 Not Not Chaos - like together crufh'd and bruis'd , But WINDSOR-FOREST. ...
... , Like them in beauty , fhould be like in fame . Here hills and vales , the woodland and the plain , Here earth and water feem to strive again , A 4 Not Not Chaos - like together crufh'd and bruis'd , But WINDSOR-FOREST. ...
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... fame fliades the Cupids tun'd his lyre , To the fame notes , of love , and foft defire : Fair Geraldine , bright object of his vow , Then fill'd the groves , as heav'nly Myra now . Oh would't thou fing what heroes Windfor bore , What ...
... fame fliades the Cupids tun'd his lyre , To the fame notes , of love , and foft defire : Fair Geraldine , bright object of his vow , Then fill'd the groves , as heav'nly Myra now . Oh would't thou fing what heroes Windfor bore , What ...
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... fame , as in the fea their streams . Let Volga's banks with iron fquadrons fhine , And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine , Let barb'rous Ganges arm a fervile train ; Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign . No more my fons fhall ...
... fame , as in the fea their streams . Let Volga's banks with iron fquadrons fhine , And groves of lances glitter on the Rhine , Let barb'rous Ganges arm a fervile train ; Be mine the bleffings of a peaceful reign . No more my fons fhall ...
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... fame of Albion's golden days . The thoughts of Gods let Granville's verse recite , And bring the fcenes of op'ning fate to light . My humble Mufe , in unambitious strains , Paints the green forefts and the flow'ry plains , B Where Where ...
... fame of Albion's golden days . The thoughts of Gods let Granville's verse recite , And bring the fcenes of op'ning fate to light . My humble Mufe , in unambitious strains , Paints the green forefts and the flow'ry plains , B Where Where ...
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... fame hand that fow'd fhall reap the field . The fwain in barren n defarts with surprize See lillies fpring , and sudden verdure rise , And ftarts , amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murm'ring in his ear : On rifted ...
... fame hand that fow'd fhall reap the field . The fwain in barren n defarts with surprize See lillies fpring , and sudden verdure rise , And ftarts , amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murm'ring in his ear : On rifted ...
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