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... clouds impend , And tempests gather , ere the rains descend . When Taurus ' golden horns the year unbar , And Sirius " ' gins to pale " his yielding star , Then beans and lucerne claim the mellow soil , And millet springing from the ...
... clouds impend , And tempests gather , ere the rains descend . When Taurus ' golden horns the year unbar , And Sirius " ' gins to pale " his yielding star , Then beans and lucerne claim the mellow soil , And millet springing from the ...
Page 19
... clouds , with darkness crown'd , Bares his red arm , and flashes lightnings round . The beasts are fled : earth rocks from pole to pole , Fear walks the world , and bows th ' astonish'd soul : Jove rives with fiery bolt Ceraunia's brow ...
... clouds , with darkness crown'd , Bares his red arm , and flashes lightnings round . The beasts are fled : earth rocks from pole to pole , Fear walks the world , and bows th ' astonish'd soul : Jove rives with fiery bolt Ceraunia's brow ...
Page 21
... clouds , and wing their viewless way . Oft shalt thou see , ere brooding storms arise , Star after star glide headlong down the skies , And , where they shot , long trails of lingering light Sweep far behind , and gild the shades of ...
... clouds , and wing their viewless way . Oft shalt thou see , ere brooding storms arise , Star after star glide headlong down the skies , And , where they shot , long trails of lingering light Sweep far behind , and gild the shades of ...
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... cloud the face of heaven , Nor halcyons , lov'd of Thetis , haunt the strand , And to the sun their glittering plumes expand ; Nor swine the stubble toss : but dark and deep , Low on the plain incumbent vapours sweep ; And the lone owl ...
... cloud the face of heaven , Nor halcyons , lov'd of Thetis , haunt the strand , And to the sun their glittering plumes expand ; Nor swine the stubble toss : but dark and deep , Low on the plain incumbent vapours sweep ; And the lone owl ...
Page 23
... clouds , and varies with the wind : Hence frisk the kine , mirth swells the woodland notes , And rooks , exulting , strain their gurgling throats . If , mindful of the sun's revolving speed , And moons , that , mov'd in order'd course ...
... clouds , and varies with the wind : Hence frisk the kine , mirth swells the woodland notes , And rooks , exulting , strain their gurgling throats . If , mindful of the sun's revolving speed , And moons , that , mov'd in order'd course ...
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ęther arms ARTHUR MURPHY Bacchus battle Bees bend beneath blast blood bloom boughs bound breathe brood brow burst Cęsar caves cells Ceres Chaonian clouds courser crown'd Cyrene dark deep domes dread Drones Dryads earth Eurus Eurydice faithful band fame feed field fierce fire flame flocks flood flower fruit galbanum gale genial GEORGICS glade glow golden grove heaven herds hive Jesuits Jove labour land leave light limbs load lonely mead native night nymphs o'er o'erflowing olive pale Paraguay plain plants plough poison'd pomp purple Queen race rage realm rear reign repose rich rill rise roll'd round rush Scorpius shade shelter'd shore showers sire soil spread spring steeds streams swain swarms sweets swell tempests thee thou thyme tide Tmolus toil vernal vines Virgil virgin waste wave wild WILLIAM SOTHEBY wind wing'd wings wood wound yield young youth