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... o'er the whitening vale their fleecy care , Fresh as the morn , and as the season fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's side ,. Thus Daphnis spoke , and Strephon thus reply'd : DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on every bloomy ...
... o'er the whitening vale their fleecy care , Fresh as the morn , and as the season fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's side ,. Thus Daphnis spoke , and Strephon thus reply'd : DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on every bloomy ...
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... O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , And trees weep amber on the banks of Po ; Blest Thames's shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed here , my lambs , I'll seek no distant field . DAPHNIS . Celestial Venus haunts Idalia's ...
... O'er golden sands let rich Pactolus flow , And trees weep amber on the banks of Po ; Blest Thames's shores the brightest beauties yield , Feed here , my lambs , I'll seek no distant field . DAPHNIS . Celestial Venus haunts Idalia's ...
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... o'er the dusky green . Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Beneath yon poplar oft we pass'd the day : Oft on the rind I carv'd her amorous vows , While she with garlands hung the bending boughs : The garlands fade , the vows ...
... o'er the dusky green . Resound , ye hills , resound my mournful lay ! Beneath yon poplar oft we pass'd the day : Oft on the rind I carv'd her amorous vows , While she with garlands hung the bending boughs : The garlands fade , the vows ...
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... o'er its 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 ...
... o'er its 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 ...
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Alexander Pope. Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend , And white - rob'd innocence from heaven descend . Swift fly the years , and rise the expected morn ! Oh spring to light , auspicious Babe , be born ! See , nature hastes her ...
Alexander Pope. Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend , And white - rob'd innocence from heaven descend . Swift fly the years , and rise the expected morn ! Oh spring to light , auspicious Babe , be born ! See , nature hastes her ...
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