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Page 165
... And tires their echoes with unvaried cries ; Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless
ruin all , And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall , And , trembling ,
shrinking from the spoiler's hand , Far , far away thy children leave the land . Il
fares the ...
... And tires their echoes with unvaried cries ; Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless
ruin all , And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall , And , trembling ,
shrinking from the spoiler's hand , Far , far away thy children leave the land . Il
fares the ...
Page 173
While thus the land , adorned for pleasure all In barren splendour feebly waits the
fall . As some fair female , unadorned and plain , Secure to please while youth
confirms her reign , Slights every borrowed charm that dress supplies , Nor ...
While thus the land , adorned for pleasure all In barren splendour feebly waits the
fall . As some fair female , unadorned and plain , Secure to please while youth
confirms her reign , Slights every borrowed charm that dress supplies , Nor ...
Page 350
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are
done in their clime , Where the rage of the vulture , the love of the turtle , Now
melt into sorrow , now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine
...
Know ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are
done in their clime , Where the rage of the vulture , the love of the turtle , Now
melt into sorrow , now madden to crime ? Know ye the land of the cedar and vine
...
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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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