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Page 104
Joined to the prattle of the purling rills , Were heard the lowing herds along the
vale , And flocks loud bleating from the distant hills , And vacant shepherds
piping in the dale ; And now and then sweet Philomel would wail , Or stock -
doves plain ...
Joined to the prattle of the purling rills , Were heard the lowing herds along the
vale , And flocks loud bleating from the distant hills , And vacant shepherds
piping in the dale ; And now and then sweet Philomel would wail , Or stock -
doves plain ...
Page 130
Last came Joy's ecstatic trial ; He , with viny crown advancing , First to the lively
pipe his hand addressed : But soon he saw the brisk awakening viol , Whose
sweet entrancing voice he loved the best : They would have thought , who heard
the ...
Last came Joy's ecstatic trial ; He , with viny crown advancing , First to the lively
pipe his hand addressed : But soon he saw the brisk awakening viol , Whose
sweet entrancing voice he loved the best : They would have thought , who heard
the ...
Page 288
But , ere they breathed the fresher air , They heard the shriekings of despair , And
many a stitled groan : With speed their upward way they take , Such speed as
age and fear can make , And crossed themselves for terror's sake , As hurrying ...
But , ere they breathed the fresher air , They heard the shriekings of despair , And
many a stitled groan : With speed their upward way they take , Such speed as
age and fear can make , And crossed themselves for terror's sake , As hurrying ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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