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... o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep , Where your old bards , the famous Druids , lie , Nor on the fhaggy top of Mona high , 50 Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : 55 Ay me , I fondly ...
... o'er the head of your lov'd Lycidas ? For neither were ye playing on the steep , Where your old bards , the famous Druids , lie , Nor on the fhaggy top of Mona high , 50 Nor yet where Deva spreads her wisard stream : 55 Ay me , I fondly ...
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... o'er the rest . And , as one shield that fell from heaven Was counterfeited by eleven , The better to fecure the fate 15 And lafting empire of a state , The falfe are numerous , and the true , That only have the right , but few . Hence ...
... o'er the rest . And , as one shield that fell from heaven Was counterfeited by eleven , The better to fecure the fate 15 And lafting empire of a state , The falfe are numerous , and the true , That only have the right , but few . Hence ...
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... O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing , And hatches plenty for th ' enfuing spring . Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay , 170 Like mothers which their infants overlay . Nor with a fudden and impetuous wave , Like profufe ...
... O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing , And hatches plenty for th ' enfuing spring . Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay , 170 Like mothers which their infants overlay . Nor with a fudden and impetuous wave , Like profufe ...
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... o'er the Eastern hills , to awe And warn night's fov'reign to withdraw . V. The morning curtains now are drawn , And now appears the blushing dawn ; Aurora has her roses shed , 15 To ftrew the way Sol's fteeds muft tread . zo VI ...
... o'er the Eastern hills , to awe And warn night's fov'reign to withdraw . V. The morning curtains now are drawn , And now appears the blushing dawn ; Aurora has her roses shed , 15 To ftrew the way Sol's fteeds muft tread . zo VI ...
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... o'er - laid , Takes his coarse ' dinner to the shade . VIII . Cellars and grottos now are best To eat and drink in , or to reft , And not a foul above is found Can find a refuge under ground . IX . 20 25 30 When Pagan tyranny grew hot ...
... o'er - laid , Takes his coarse ' dinner to the shade . VIII . Cellars and grottos now are best To eat and drink in , or to reft , And not a foul above is found Can find a refuge under ground . IX . 20 25 30 When Pagan tyranny grew hot ...
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