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... train , sweet Modesty , appear : Here make thy court amidst our rural scene , And shepherd girls shall own thee for their queen : With thee be Chastity , of all afraid , Distrusting all , a wise suspicious maid , But man the most : not ...
... train , sweet Modesty , appear : Here make thy court amidst our rural scene , And shepherd girls shall own thee for their queen : With thee be Chastity , of all afraid , Distrusting all , a wise suspicious maid , But man the most : not ...
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... her pale empire to the mourner night , By hunger roused , he scours the groaning plain , Gaunt wolves and sullen tigers in his train : Before them Death with shrieks directs their way , Fills 4 ORIENTAL ECLOGUES . 33.
... her pale empire to the mourner night , By hunger roused , he scours the groaning plain , Gaunt wolves and sullen tigers in his train : Before them Death with shrieks directs their way , Fills 4 ORIENTAL ECLOGUES . 33.
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... train appear ! Danger , whose limbs of giant mould What mortal eye can fixed behold ? Who stalks his round , an hideous form , Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep ...
... train appear ! Danger , whose limbs of giant mould What mortal eye can fixed behold ? Who stalks his round , an hideous form , Howling amidst the midnight storm ; Or throws him on the ridgy steep Of some loose hanging rock to sleep ...
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... labors torn , In thunders dread was pushed aside , And down the shouldering billows borne . And see , like gems , her laughing train , The little isles on every side , Mona , once hid from those who search the main 56 COLLINS ' POEMS .
... labors torn , In thunders dread was pushed aside , And down the shouldering billows borne . And see , like gems , her laughing train , The little isles on every side , Mona , once hid from those who search the main 56 COLLINS ' POEMS .
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... train Blithe Concord's social form to gain ; Concord , whose myrtle wand can steep Even Anger's bloodshot eyes in sleep ; Before whose breathing bosom's balm Rage drops his steel , and storms grow calm : Here let our sires and matrons ...
... train Blithe Concord's social form to gain ; Concord , whose myrtle wand can steep Even Anger's bloodshot eyes in sleep ; Before whose breathing bosom's balm Rage drops his steel , and storms grow calm : Here let our sires and matrons ...
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