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... God ; No earthly cloud Could his effulgent brightness shroud : Glory , and Majesty , and Power , March'd in a dreadful pomp before ; Behind , a grim and meagre train , Pining Sickness , frantic Pain , [ way ; Stalk'd widely on ! with ...
... God ; No earthly cloud Could his effulgent brightness shroud : Glory , and Majesty , and Power , March'd in a dreadful pomp before ; Behind , a grim and meagre train , Pining Sickness , frantic Pain , [ way ; Stalk'd widely on ! with ...
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... god . The man who courts the people's voice , And doats on offices and noise ; Or they who till the peaceful fields , And reap what bounteous Nature yields , Unmov'd , the merchant's wealth behold , Nor hazard happiness for gold ...
... god . The man who courts the people's voice , And doats on offices and noise ; Or they who till the peaceful fields , And reap what bounteous Nature yields , Unmov'd , the merchant's wealth behold , Nor hazard happiness for gold ...
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... God . Then shall my lyre to loftier sounds be strung , Inspir'd by Homer , or what thou hast sung : My Muse from thine shall catch a warmer ray ; As clouds are brighten'd by the god of day . So trees unapt to bear , by art refin'd ...
... God . Then shall my lyre to loftier sounds be strung , Inspir'd by Homer , or what thou hast sung : My Muse from thine shall catch a warmer ray ; As clouds are brighten'd by the god of day . So trees unapt to bear , by art refin'd ...
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... god descends ; He mounts his iron car ; with fury burns ; The car , fierce - rattling , thunders as Gloomy he grasps ... gods . Ah ! what new horrours rise ? In deep array The squadrons form ! aloft the standards play ! The captains draw ...
... god descends ; He mounts his iron car ; with fury burns ; The car , fierce - rattling , thunders as Gloomy he grasps ... gods . Ah ! what new horrours rise ? In deep array The squadrons form ! aloft the standards play ! The captains draw ...
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... God ! Here I behold how infant Time began , How the dust mov'd and quicken'd into man Here through the flowery walks of Eden rove , Court the soft breeze , or range the spicy grove There tred on hallow'd ground where angels trod , And ...
... God ! Here I behold how infant Time began , How the dust mov'd and quicken'd into man Here through the flowery walks of Eden rove , Court the soft breeze , or range the spicy grove There tred on hallow'd ground where angels trod , And ...
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