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Page 34
... flowers , her aromatic gums , Disclosing Paradise where'er he treads ? She quakes at his approach . Her hollow womb , Conceiving thunders , through a thousand deeps And fiery caverns , roars beneath his foot . * Alluding to the fog that ...
... flowers , her aromatic gums , Disclosing Paradise where'er he treads ? She quakes at his approach . Her hollow womb , Conceiving thunders , through a thousand deeps And fiery caverns , roars beneath his foot . * Alluding to the fog that ...
Page 39
... flower , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bowers . To shake thy senate , and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
... flower , for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage , and her myrtle bowers . To shake thy senate , and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes , was never meant ...
Page 61
... flower seeds . - The country preferable to the town even in the winter . - Reasons why it is deserted at that season-- Ruinous effects of gaming and of expensive improvement . - Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . As ...
... flower seeds . - The country preferable to the town even in the winter . - Reasons why it is deserted at that season-- Ruinous effects of gaming and of expensive improvement . - Book concludes with an apostrophe to the metropolis . As ...
Page 70
... flower dishevel'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream ; The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the general curse Of vanity , that seizes all below ...
... flower dishevel'd in the wind ; Riches have wings , and grandeur is a dream ; The man we celebrate must find a tomb , And we that worship him ignoble graves . Nothing is proof against the general curse Of vanity , that seizes all below ...
Page 79
... flowers , Blown on the summit of the ' apparent fruit . These have their sexes ! and , when summer shines , The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flower to flower , and e'en the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed ...
... flowers , Blown on the summit of the ' apparent fruit . These have their sexes ! and , when summer shines , The bee transports the fertilizing meal From flower to flower , and e'en the breathing air Wafts the rich prize to its appointed ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause cerning charge CHARLES ROLLS charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre MARCH 25 mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleasures plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth