The Works of the English Poets, Том 24J. Nichols, 1779 - 228 страници |
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... wondrous man is pleas'd to fay , 595 - This way and that ftrong blafts the fun convey : A northern wind his orb with vigour drives , Till at the fouthern tropic it arrives ; Then , wanting breath , and with his toil oppreft , He drops ...
... wondrous man is pleas'd to fay , 595 - This way and that ftrong blafts the fun convey : A northern wind his orb with vigour drives , Till at the fouthern tropic it arrives ; Then , wanting breath , and with his toil oppreft , He drops ...
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... wondrous web proclaims the loom divine ; 620 Its threads , the hand that drew them out so fine . This thin contexture makes its bofom fit , Celestial heat and luftre to tranfinit ; By which of foreign orbs the riches flow On this ...
... wondrous web proclaims the loom divine ; 620 Its threads , the hand that drew them out so fine . This thin contexture makes its bofom fit , Celestial heat and luftre to tranfinit ; By which of foreign orbs the riches flow On this ...
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... wondrous ftructure fo contrive , That it might life to breathing creatures give ; Might reinfpire , and make the circling mafs Through all its winding channels fit to pafs . Had not the Maker wrought the fpringy frame Such as it is , to ...
... wondrous ftructure fo contrive , That it might life to breathing creatures give ; Might reinfpire , and make the circling mafs Through all its winding channels fit to pafs . Had not the Maker wrought the fpringy frame Such as it is , to ...
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... wondrous world of vegetables view ! Obferve the foreft oak , the mountain pine , The towering cedar , and the humble vine , The bending willow , that o'erfhades the flood , And each fpontaneous offspring of the wood ! The oak and pine ...
... wondrous world of vegetables view ! Obferve the foreft oak , the mountain pine , The towering cedar , and the humble vine , The bending willow , that o'erfhades the flood , And each fpontaneous offspring of the wood ! The oak and pine ...
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... wondrous frame ; Say , did you e'er reflect , Lucretian tribe , To matter what perfections you afcribe ? Can you to duft fuch veneration show ? An atom with fuch privilege endow , That from its nature's pure neceffity It should exift ...
... wondrous frame ; Say , did you e'er reflect , Lucretian tribe , To matter what perfections you afcribe ? Can you to duft fuch veneration show ? An atom with fuch privilege endow , That from its nature's pure neceffity It should exift ...
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