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" Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum: Now teach me, maid composed, To breathe some softened strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale,... "
The Poetical Works of Mr. William Collins - Page 67
by William Collins - 1802 - 124 pages
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The Poetical Works of William Collins

William Collins - English poetry - 1804 - 168 pages
...teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return !" But whatever were the numbers, or the versification of this ode, the imagery and enthusiasm it contains...
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The poetical works of William Collins, with the comm. of Langhorne. To which ...

William Collins - 1804 - 166 pages
...teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return !" But whatever were the numbers, or the versification of this ode, the imagery and enthusiasm it contains...
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The chaplet, poems, partly original and partly selected

Chaplet - 1805 - 238 pages
...some softeu'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darken'd • vale, May not unseemly wii It its stillness suit, As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return I For when thy fuldingrstar arising shows fib paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant hours,...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...maid compost. To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thydark'ning vale, Slay not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As, musing...slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return ! For when thy holding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lump The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...hum : Now teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some softened strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy dark'ning vale, May not unseemly with its stillness...slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return For when thy folding star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warming lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who...
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The cabinet of poetry, containing the best entire pieces in the works of the ...

Cabinet - 1808 - 524 pages
...teach me, maid compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As,...slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return ! For when thy folding star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant hours, and elves Who...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...borne in heedless hum ; Now teach me, maid compos'd, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As...slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return! For when thy holding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves 'Who...
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 pages
...compos'd, To breathe some soften'd strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy dark'ning vate, May pot unseemly with its stillness suit ; As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lovM return ! For when thy folding-star arising shews His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 13

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 558 pages
...teach me, maid compus'd, To hreathe some soften'd strain, Whosenumhers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit. As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return i For when thy folding-star arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant hours,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Watts, A. Philips ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 556 pages
...maid compos'd, To breathe some boften'd strain, [vale, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As, musing slow, I hail Thy genial lov'd return !" But whatever were the numbers, or the versification >f this ode, the imagery and enthusiasm it contains...
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