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... spreads beneath its bitter root , Or gadding branches kill th ' o'ershadow'd fruit . Not to dull Indolence and transient Toil Great Jove resign'd the conquest of the soil : He sent forth Care to rouse the human heart , And sharpen ...
... spreads beneath its bitter root , Or gadding branches kill th ' o'ershadow'd fruit . Not to dull Indolence and transient Toil Great Jove resign'd the conquest of the soil : He sent forth Care to rouse the human heart , And sharpen ...
Page 34
... spreads her stately size , Huge æsculus o'ershadowing all the grove , And Grecian oaks that spoke the will of Jove ... spread ; These ask no root , and from the topmost spray Boldly the planters cut the sprout away , And , fearless of ...
... spreads her stately size , Huge æsculus o'ershadowing all the grove , And Grecian oaks that spoke the will of Jove ... spread ; These ask no root , and from the topmost spray Boldly the planters cut the sprout away , And , fearless of ...
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... spread , And shade with olives bleak Taburnum's head . And thou ! propitious , o'er my course preside ; Light of my life , my glory and my guide ! Oh come , Macenas ! fill th ' adventurous sail , And breathe o'er opening seas the genial ...
... spread , And shade with olives bleak Taburnum's head . And thou ! propitious , o'er my course preside ; Light of my life , my glory and my guide ! Oh come , Macenas ! fill th ' adventurous sail , And breathe o'er opening seas the genial ...
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... spread Leaves not their own , and stranger blossoms shed ; Luxuriant apples load the steril planes , The beech the chesnut's flowery pomp sustains , Pears crown the mountain ash with silver wreath , And swine fall'n acorns craunch the ...
... spread Leaves not their own , and stranger blossoms shed ; Luxuriant apples load the steril planes , The beech the chesnut's flowery pomp sustains , Pears crown the mountain ash with silver wreath , And swine fall'n acorns craunch the ...
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... spreads o'er rich Panchaia's sand , Nor all that fancy paints in fabled lays , Oh native Italy ! transcend thy praise . Though here no bulls beneath th ' enchanted yoke With fiery nostril o'er the furrow smoke , No hydra teeth embattled ...
... spreads o'er rich Panchaia's sand , Nor all that fancy paints in fabled lays , Oh native Italy ! transcend thy praise . Though here no bulls beneath th ' enchanted yoke With fiery nostril o'er the furrow smoke , No hydra teeth embattled ...
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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