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... o'er his head , Renders the savage wilderness more wild . Then throng the busy shapes into his mind , Of covered pits , unfathomably deep , A dire descent ! beyond the power of frost ; Of faithless bogs ; of precipices huge , Smoothed ...
... o'er his head , Renders the savage wilderness more wild . Then throng the busy shapes into his mind , Of covered pits , unfathomably deep , A dire descent ! beyond the power of frost ; Of faithless bogs ; of precipices huge , Smoothed ...
Page 289
... o'er dale , and o'er down ; Heaven shield the brave gallant that fights for the crown ! He has doffed the silk doublet the breast - plate to bear , He has placed the steel - cap o'er his long flowing hair , From his belt to his stirrup ...
... o'er dale , and o'er down ; Heaven shield the brave gallant that fights for the crown ! He has doffed the silk doublet the breast - plate to bear , He has placed the steel - cap o'er his long flowing hair , From his belt to his stirrup ...
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... o'er my tomb , Whose moving shadow shall portend Each frail beholder's doom . O'er the wide earth's illumined space , Though TIME's triumphant flight be shown , The truest index on its face Points from the churchyard stone . ON THE ...
... o'er my tomb , Whose moving shadow shall portend Each frail beholder's doom . O'er the wide earth's illumined space , Though TIME's triumphant flight be shown , The truest index on its face Points from the churchyard stone . ON THE ...
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