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... thou , great mother of the deities , With turrets crown'd , on Ida's holy hill , Fierce tygers rein'd and curb'd , obey thy will . Dryden , 356 . Great Great guardian queen , of Ida's hills and woods , PREFATORY DEDICATION . xiii.
... thou , great mother of the deities , With turrets crown'd , on Ida's holy hill , Fierce tygers rein'd and curb'd , obey thy will . Dryden , 356 . Great Great guardian queen , of Ida's hills and woods , PREFATORY DEDICATION . xiii.
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... Thou kenst not , Percie , how the rime should rage ! O if my temples were distain'd with wine , And girt in girlonds of wild ivy - twine , How I could rear the mufe on stately stage , And teach her tread aloft in bufkin fine , With ...
... Thou kenst not , Percie , how the rime should rage ! O if my temples were distain'd with wine , And girt in girlonds of wild ivy - twine , How I could rear the mufe on stately stage , And teach her tread aloft in bufkin fine , With ...
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... Thou wert from Etna's burning entrails torn , Begot in tempefts , and in thunders born ! Sentiments like thefe , as they have no ground in na ture , are indeed of little value in any poem ; but in Pastoral they are particularly liable ...
... Thou wert from Etna's burning entrails torn , Begot in tempefts , and in thunders born ! Sentiments like thefe , as they have no ground in na ture , are indeed of little value in any poem ; but in Pastoral they are particularly liable ...
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... thou fee'ft , to ftray , And me at ease my fav'rite ftrains to play . S - 10 7. ' Twas a god . ] This is pretty high flattery . Octavius had not yet received divine honours , which were afterwards bestow- ed on him : but Virgil fpeaks ...
... thou fee'ft , to ftray , And me at ease my fav'rite ftrains to play . S - 10 7. ' Twas a god . ] This is pretty high flattery . Octavius had not yet received divine honours , which were afterwards bestow- ed on him : but Virgil fpeaks ...
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... thou ne'er pity me , thou cruel youth , Unmindful of my verfe , my vows , and truth ? Still , dear Alexis , from my paffion fly ? Unheard and unregarded muft I die ? Now flocks in cooling fhades avoid the heats , And the green lizard to ...
... thou ne'er pity me , thou cruel youth , Unmindful of my verfe , my vows , and truth ? Still , dear Alexis , from my paffion fly ? Unheard and unregarded muft I die ? Now flocks in cooling fhades avoid the heats , And the green lizard to ...
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Page 29 - ... all about him, and conquers with tranquillity. And when we look upon their machines, Homer...
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Page 423 - But see! each Muse, in Leo's golden days, Starts from her trance, and trims her wither'd bays! Rome's ancient Genius, o'er its ruins spread, Shakes off the dust, and rears his rev'rend head. Then Sculpture and her sister-arts revive; Stones leap'd to form, and rocks began to live; With sweeter notes each rising Temple rung; A Raphael painted, and a Vida sung.
Page 114 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fading together ; and a little child shall lead them.
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