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Page 177
... voice be tried , On Torno's cliffs , or Pambamarca's side , Whether where equinoctial fervours glow , Or winter wraps the polar world in snow , Still let thy voice , prevailing over time , Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ...
... voice be tried , On Torno's cliffs , or Pambamarca's side , Whether where equinoctial fervours glow , Or winter wraps the polar world in snow , Still let thy voice , prevailing over time , Redress the rigours of the inclement clime ...
Page 214
... Voice only fails , else how distinct they say , Grieve not , my child ; chase all thy fears away ! The meek intelligence of those dear eyes , ( Blest be the art that can immortalize , The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim To quench ...
... Voice only fails , else how distinct they say , Grieve not , my child ; chase all thy fears away ! The meek intelligence of those dear eyes , ( Blest be the art that can immortalize , The art that baffles time's tyrannic claim To quench ...
Page 221
... voice in every blast , Could catch the sound no more : For then , by toil subdued , he drank The stifling wave , and then he sank . -No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere , That tells his name , his worth , his age Is wet ...
... voice in every blast , Could catch the sound no more : For then , by toil subdued , he drank The stifling wave , and then he sank . -No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere , That tells his name , his worth , his age Is wet ...
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