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... rage , There the wise ant that dreads the wants of age , And all the nameless monsters of the soil , That swarm and fatten on thy gather'd spoil . With many a bud if flowering almonds bloom , And arch their gay festoons that breathe ...
... rage , There the wise ant that dreads the wants of age , And all the nameless monsters of the soil , That swarm and fatten on thy gather'd spoil . With many a bud if flowering almonds bloom , And arch their gay festoons that breathe ...
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... rage ; Earth , ocean , air , the gradual storm presage . The crane beneath his flight sees clouds arise , Folds his aerial wing , and downward flies ; The heifers gaze aloft where vapours sail , And with wide nostril drink the distant ...
... rage ; Earth , ocean , air , the gradual storm presage . The crane beneath his flight sees clouds arise , Folds his aerial wing , and downward flies ; The heifers gaze aloft where vapours sail , And with wide nostril drink the distant ...
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... rage . He too , when Rome deplor'd dead Cæsar's fate , Felt her deep woe , and mourn'd her hapless state ; What time in iron clouds he veil'd his light , And impious mortals fear'd eternal night . Nor less dread signals shook the earth ...
... rage . He too , when Rome deplor'd dead Cæsar's fate , Felt her deep woe , and mourn'd her hapless state ; What time in iron clouds he veil'd his light , And impious mortals fear'd eternal night . Nor less dread signals shook the earth ...
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... rage . When the new leaf in Spring's luxuriant time Clothes the young shoot , oh ! spare its tender prime ; And when the gadding tendril , wildly gay , Darts into air , and wings its wanton way , Indulgent yet the knife's keen edge ...
... rage . When the new leaf in Spring's luxuriant time Clothes the young shoot , oh ! spare its tender prime ; And when the gadding tendril , wildly gay , Darts into air , and wings its wanton way , Indulgent yet the knife's keen edge ...
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... rage restrain'd Foam'd on the bit by Spartan Pollux rein'd : Such the fam'd steeds that whirl'd Pelides ' car , And o'er the battle wing'd the God of war : And such the shape , that erst the God disguis'd , When Saturn fled , by jealous ...
... rage restrain'd Foam'd on the bit by Spartan Pollux rein'd : Such the fam'd steeds that whirl'd Pelides ' car , And o'er the battle wing'd the God of war : And such the shape , that erst the God disguis'd , When Saturn fled , by jealous ...
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æther arms ARTHUR MURPHY Bacchus battle Bees bend beneath blast blood bloom boughs bound breathe brood brow burst Cæsar 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