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Page 45
... round , an hideous form , Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep : And with him thousand phantoms joined , Who prompt to deeds accursed the mind : And those , the fiends ...
... round , an hideous form , Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep : And with him thousand phantoms joined , Who prompt to deeds accursed the mind : And those , the fiends ...
Page 48
... round thy green retreat ; On whose enamelled side , When holy Freedom died , No equal haunt allured thy future feet . O sister meek of Truth , To my admiring youth , Thy sober aid and native charms infuse ! The flowers that sweetest ...
... round thy green retreat ; On whose enamelled side , When holy Freedom died , No equal haunt allured thy future feet . O sister meek of Truth , To my admiring youth , Thy sober aid and native charms infuse ! The flowers that sweetest ...
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... round , And all thy sons , O Nature , learn my tale . ODE ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER . As once , if , not with light regard , -- I read aright that gifted bard , - Him whose school above the rest His loveliest elfin queen has blest ...
... round , And all thy sons , O Nature , learn my tale . ODE ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER . As once , if , not with light regard , -- I read aright that gifted bard , - Him whose school above the rest His loveliest elfin queen has blest ...
Page 51
... round the jealous steep , Strange shades o'erbrow the valleys deep , And holy genii guard the rock , Its glooms embrown , its springs unlock , While on its rich ambitious head An Eden , like his own , lies spread : I view that oak , the ...
... round the jealous steep , Strange shades o'erbrow the valleys deep , And holy genii guard the rock , Its glooms embrown , its springs unlock , While on its rich ambitious head An Eden , like his own , lies spread : I view that oak , the ...
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... round revealing , It leaped in glory forth , and dealt her prompted wound ! O Goddess , in that feeling hour , When most its sounds would court thy ears , Let not my shell's misguided power E'er draw thy sad , thy mindful tears . No ...
... round revealing , It leaped in glory forth , and dealt her prompted wound ! O Goddess , in that feeling hour , When most its sounds would court thy ears , Let not my shell's misguided power E'er draw thy sad , thy mindful tears . No ...
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