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... earth , And loos'd the steed , that neighing sprung to birth ; Guardian of woods ! whose herds a snowy train , Browse the rich shrubs that shade the Cæan plain ; God of the fleece , whom grateful shepherds love , GEORGICS. ...
... earth , And loos'd the steed , that neighing sprung to birth ; Guardian of woods ! whose herds a snowy train , Browse the rich shrubs that shade the Cæan plain ; God of the fleece , whom grateful shepherds love , GEORGICS. ...
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... shade ; Or who , ' mid doubtful months , and flooding rains , Down the dry sand th ' o'erflowing marshes drains , When oozy rivers far and wide expand , And issuing vapours smoke along the land ? Yet when the sturdy swain and patient ...
... shade ; Or who , ' mid doubtful months , and flooding rains , Down the dry sand th ' o'erflowing marshes drains , When oozy rivers far and wide expand , And issuing vapours smoke along the land ? Yet when the sturdy swain and patient ...
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... shade , So fails the promise of th ' expected year , And chaff and straw defraud the golden ear . Though steep'd in nitrous juice and oily lees , And seeth'd o'er gentle fires by slow degrees , Oft have I seen the temper'd seeds deceive ...
... shade , So fails the promise of th ' expected year , And chaff and straw defraud the golden ear . Though steep'd in nitrous juice and oily lees , And seeth'd o'er gentle fires by slow degrees , Oft have I seen the temper'd seeds deceive ...
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... shades of night ; Oft the fall'n foliage wing its airy way , And floating feathers on the water play . When lightning flashes from the northern pole , From east to west when thunders widely roll , The deluge pours , and , fearful of the ...
... shades of night ; Oft the fall'n foliage wing its airy way , And floating feathers on the water play . When lightning flashes from the northern pole , From east to west when thunders widely roll , The deluge pours , and , fearful of the ...
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... shade , Fringe the wide streams and darken all the glade ; There the tall poplar towers , the broom extends , O'er her dank bed the pliant osier bends , 1 And azure willows shifting to the gale Turn their GEORGICS. ...
... shade , Fringe the wide streams and darken all the glade ; There the tall poplar towers , the broom extends , O'er her dank bed the pliant osier bends , 1 And azure willows shifting to the gale Turn their GEORGICS. ...
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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