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... leave the house at Binfield altogether , and reside at a house at Twick- enham ; where the formation of his celebrated gar- den and grotto became the amusement and pride of many years of his life . Here he obtained the friend- ship and ...
... leave the house at Binfield altogether , and reside at a house at Twick- enham ; where the formation of his celebrated gar- den and grotto became the amusement and pride of many years of his life . Here he obtained the friend- ship and ...
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... leaves the trees , and flowers adorn the ground ; Begin , the vales shall every note rebound . STREPHON . Inspire me , Phœbus , in my Delia's praise , With Waller's strains , or Granville's moving lays ! A milk - white bull shall at ...
... leaves the trees , and flowers adorn the ground ; Begin , the vales shall every note rebound . STREPHON . Inspire me , Phœbus , in my Delia's praise , With Waller's strains , or Granville's moving lays ! A milk - white bull shall at ...
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... leave your crystal spring , Let nymphs and sylvans cypress garlands bring ; Ye weeping loves , the stream with myrtles hide , And break your bows as when Adonis dy'd ; And with your golden darts , now useless grown , PASTORALS . 17.
... leave your crystal spring , Let nymphs and sylvans cypress garlands bring ; Ye weeping loves , the stream with myrtles hide , And break your bows as when Adonis dy'd ; And with your golden darts , now useless grown , PASTORALS . 17.
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... leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall ...
... leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb shall bleed , If teeming ewes increase my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise , shall ...
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... leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic Dove . Ye heavens ! ( b ) from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick ( c ) and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storm a shelter ...
... leaves shall move , And on its top descends the mystic Dove . Ye heavens ! ( b ) from high the dewy nectar pour , And in soft silence shed the kindly shower ! The sick ( c ) and weak the healing plant shall aid , From storm a shelter ...
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