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Page 29
... muse , The Hero's harp , the Lover's lute , Have found the fame your shores refuse : Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Sires ' " Islands of the Blest . " Than your III . The mountains look on Marathon ...
... muse , The Hero's harp , the Lover's lute , Have found the fame your shores refuse : Their place of birth alone is mute To sounds which echo further west Sires ' " Islands of the Blest . " Than your III . The mountains look on Marathon ...
Page 55
... Muse's flame . Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way . Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect ...
... Muse's flame . Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife , Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way . Yet ev'n these bones from insult to protect ...
Page 93
... muse on the old familiar faces . Ghost - like , I pac'd round the haunts of my childhood . Earth seem'd a desert I was bound to traverse , Seeking to find the old familiar faces . Friend of my bosom , thou more than a brother ! Why were ...
... muse on the old familiar faces . Ghost - like , I pac'd round the haunts of my childhood . Earth seem'd a desert I was bound to traverse , Seeking to find the old familiar faces . Friend of my bosom , thou more than a brother ! Why were ...
Page 98
... Muse , shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the Infant God ? Hast thou no verse , no hymn , or solemn strain , To welcome him to this his new abode , Now , while the heaven , by the Sun's team untrod , Hath took no print of the ...
... Muse , shall not thy sacred vein Afford a present to the Infant God ? Hast thou no verse , no hymn , or solemn strain , To welcome him to this his new abode , Now , while the heaven , by the Sun's team untrod , Hath took no print of the ...
Page 121
... Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure , That in trim gardens takes his pleasure . But ,. first and chiefest , with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing , Guiding the fiery - wheeled ...
... Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing ; And add to these retired Leisure , That in trim gardens takes his pleasure . But ,. first and chiefest , with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing , Guiding the fiery - wheeled ...
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