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... roll'd Twice summer's heat , and twice the wintry cold , Profuse of wealth th ' insatiate swain repay , And crown with bursting barns his long delay . Ere virgin earth first feel th ' invading share , The genius of the place demands thy ...
... roll'd Twice summer's heat , and twice the wintry cold , Profuse of wealth th ' insatiate swain repay , And crown with bursting barns his long delay . Ere virgin earth first feel th ' invading share , The genius of the place demands thy ...
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... roll : Here the huge Snake in many a volume glides , Winds like a stream , and either Bear divides , The Bears that dread their flaming lights to lave , And slowly roll above the ocean wave . There night , eternal night , and silence ...
... roll : Here the huge Snake in many a volume glides , Winds like a stream , and either Bear divides , The Bears that dread their flaming lights to lave , And slowly roll above the ocean wave . There night , eternal night , and silence ...
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... roll , The deluge pours , and , fearful of the gale , The conscious seaman furls his dripping sail . Not unforeseen the showery tempests rage ; Earth , ocean , air , the gradual storm presage . The crane beneath his flight sees clouds ...
... roll , The deluge pours , and , fearful of the gale , The conscious seaman furls his dripping sail . Not unforeseen the showery tempests rage ; Earth , ocean , air , the gradual storm presage . The crane beneath his flight sees clouds ...
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... roll'd , Ganges , and Hermus , o'er their beds of gold , Nor Ind , nor Bactra , nor the blissful land Where incense spreads o'er rich Panchaia's sand , Nor all that fancy paints in fabled lays , Oh native Italy ! transcend thy praise ...
... roll'd , Ganges , and Hermus , o'er their beds of gold , Nor Ind , nor Bactra , nor the blissful land Where incense spreads o'er rich Panchaia's sand , Nor all that fancy paints in fabled lays , Oh native Italy ! transcend thy praise ...
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... surging waves , Where , fierce as ocean , vext Benacus raves ? Havens and ports , the Lucrine's added mole , Seas that enrag'd along their bulwark roll , 761 • Where Julian waves reject th ' indignant tide , 40 GEORGICS ....... BOOK II .
... surging waves , Where , fierce as ocean , vext Benacus raves ? Havens and ports , the Lucrine's added mole , Seas that enrag'd along their bulwark roll , 761 • Where Julian waves reject th ' indignant tide , 40 GEORGICS ....... BOOK II .
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