Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Prefaces, Volume 2John Aikin |
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... waste , Expiring Nature all corrupted round ; While the lone Tyber , through the desert plain , Winds his waste stores , and sullen sweeps along . Patch'd from my fragments , in unsolid pomp , Mark how the temple glares ; and artful ...
... waste , Expiring Nature all corrupted round ; While the lone Tyber , through the desert plain , Winds his waste stores , and sullen sweeps along . Patch'd from my fragments , in unsolid pomp , Mark how the temple glares ; and artful ...
Page 492
... waste of arms His progress mark'd . The faint opposing host ||| For once , in yielding , their best victory found , And by desertion prov'd exalted faith ; While his the bloodless conquest of the heart , Shouts without groan , and ...
... waste of arms His progress mark'd . The faint opposing host ||| For once , in yielding , their best victory found , And by desertion prov'd exalted faith ; While his the bloodless conquest of the heart , Shouts without groan , and ...
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... waste , where not a garland grows To bind the Muse's brow ; not ev'n a proud Stupendous solitude frowns o'er the heath , To rouse a noble horror in the soul : But rugged paths fatigue , and error leads Through endless labyrinths the ...
... waste , where not a garland grows To bind the Muse's brow ; not ev'n a proud Stupendous solitude frowns o'er the heath , To rouse a noble horror in the soul : But rugged paths fatigue , and error leads Through endless labyrinths the ...
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