A Day by the Fire: And Other Papers, Hitherto UncollectedIncludes papers on Heathen mythology, Genii of antiquity, Genii and fairies of the East, etc. |
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Page 33
... fair region where the sun does rise , Whose rich productions we so justly prize . The Muse's friend , Tea , does our fancy aid , Repress those vapours which the head invade , And keeps that palace of the soul serene , Fit , on her birth ...
... fair region where the sun does rise , Whose rich productions we so justly prize . The Muse's friend , Tea , does our fancy aid , Repress those vapours which the head invade , And keeps that palace of the soul serene , Fit , on her birth ...
Page 34
... fair her airy band ; Some , as she sipp'd , the fuming liquor fann'd ; Some o'er her lap their careful plumes display'd , Trembling , and conscious of the rich brocade . " It must be acknowledged , however , that the general asso ...
... fair her airy band ; Some , as she sipp'd , the fuming liquor fann'd ; Some o'er her lap their careful plumes display'd , Trembling , and conscious of the rich brocade . " It must be acknowledged , however , that the general asso ...
Page 55
... fair field Of Enna , where Proserpine , gathering flowers , Herself a fairer flow'r by gloomy Dis Was gather'd ; which cost Ceres all that pain To seek her through the world ; nor that sweet grove Of Daphne , by Orontes , and the inspir ...
... fair field Of Enna , where Proserpine , gathering flowers , Herself a fairer flow'r by gloomy Dis Was gather'd ; which cost Ceres all that pain To seek her through the world ; nor that sweet grove Of Daphne , by Orontes , and the inspir ...
Page 62
... fair Helle to pervert , Now , like a bull , Europa to withdraw , " were the work of those spirits about him , who may truly be called the jovial , and who delighted in bearing his name , as a Scottish clan does that of its chieftain ...
... fair Helle to pervert , Now , like a bull , Europa to withdraw , " were the work of those spirits about him , who may truly be called the jovial , and who delighted in bearing his name , as a Scottish clan does that of its chieftain ...
Page 79
... Fair silver - buskined nymphs , as great and good ; I know , this quest of yours , and free intent , Was all in honour and devotion meant To the great mistress of yon princely shrine , Whom with low reverence I adore as mine ; And ...
... Fair silver - buskined nymphs , as great and good ; I know , this quest of yours , and free intent , Was all in honour and devotion meant To the great mistress of yon princely shrine , Whom with low reverence I adore as mine ; And ...
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