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Page xxiii
... green , And streams , and warbling birds adorn the scene ; Where smiles and graces , and the wanton train Of Cytherea , crown the flowery plain . What can their charms in equal numbers tell ? The glow of roses , and the lily pale ; The ...
... green , And streams , and warbling birds adorn the scene ; Where smiles and graces , and the wanton train Of Cytherea , crown the flowery plain . What can their charms in equal numbers tell ? The glow of roses , and the lily pale ; The ...
Page xxvi
... GREEN , a merchant of Boston , who had been a classmate of BYLES at Cambridge , was little less celebrated than the doctor for humour ; and some of his poetical composi- tions were as popular ninety years ago as in our own time have ...
... GREEN , a merchant of Boston , who had been a classmate of BYLES at Cambridge , was little less celebrated than the doctor for humour ; and some of his poetical composi- tions were as popular ninety years ago as in our own time have ...
Page xxvii
... GREEN asked what were the man's chief qualities , and was told that " COLE excelled in all things , but was particularly good at raking hay , which he could do faster than anybody , the present company , of course , ex- cepted . " GREEN ...
... GREEN asked what were the man's chief qualities , and was told that " COLE excelled in all things , but was particularly good at raking hay , which he could do faster than anybody , the present company , of course , ex- cepted . " GREEN ...
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... green eternal crowns the year : - The little god , that warms the breast , Is weary of his mansion here . Like Phospher , sent before the day , His height meridian to regain , The dawn arrives - he must not stay To shiver on a frozen ...
... green eternal crowns the year : - The little god , that warms the breast , Is weary of his mansion here . Like Phospher , sent before the day , His height meridian to regain , The dawn arrives - he must not stay To shiver on a frozen ...
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... green . Loud through the walls , that cast a golden gleam , Crown'd with tall pyramids of bending flame , As thunders rumble down the darkening vales , Roll'd the deep , solemn voice of rushing gales : The bands , admiring , saw the ...
... green . Loud through the walls , that cast a golden gleam , Crown'd with tall pyramids of bending flame , As thunders rumble down the darkening vales , Roll'd the deep , solemn voice of rushing gales : The bands , admiring , saw the ...
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