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... turn thee and survey ! Trace our sad flight through all its length of way , And first review that long extended plain , And yon wide groves , already past with pain ! Yon ragged cliff , whose dangerous path we tried ! And , last , this ...
... turn thee and survey ! Trace our sad flight through all its length of way , And first review that long extended plain , And yon wide groves , already past with pain ! Yon ragged cliff , whose dangerous path we tried ! And , last , this ...
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... turn , applied , As if , in air unseen , some hovering hand , Some chaste and angel friend to virgin fame , With whispered spell had burst the starting band , It left unblest her loathed , dishonored side ; Happier , hopeless Fair , if ...
... turn , applied , As if , in air unseen , some hovering hand , Some chaste and angel friend to virgin fame , With whispered spell had burst the starting band , It left unblest her loathed , dishonored side ; Happier , hopeless Fair , if ...
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... turns appear , To hail the blooming guest : Old Edward's sons , unknown to yield , Shall crowd from Cressy's laurelled field , And gaze with fixed delight ; Again for Britain's wrongs they feel , Again they snatch the gleamy steel , And ...
... turns appear , To hail the blooming guest : Old Edward's sons , unknown to yield , Shall crowd from Cressy's laurelled field , And gaze with fixed delight ; Again for Britain's wrongs they feel , Again they snatch the gleamy steel , And ...
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... turning spheres , What sounds may charm thy partial ears , And gain thy blest return ! O Peace , thy injured robes up - bind ! O rise and leave not one behind Of all thy beamy train ! The British Lion , goddess sweet , Lies stretched on ...
... turning spheres , What sounds may charm thy partial ears , And gain thy blest return ! O Peace , thy injured robes up - bind ! O rise and leave not one behind Of all thy beamy train ! The British Lion , goddess sweet , Lies stretched on ...
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... turns each shifting image view ! Till meddling Art's officious lore Reverse the lessons taught before ; Alluring from a safer rule , To dream in her enchanted school : Thou , Heaven , whate'er of great we boast , Hast blest this social ...
... turns each shifting image view ! Till meddling Art's officious lore Reverse the lessons taught before ; Alluring from a safer rule , To dream in her enchanted school : Thou , Heaven , whate'er of great we boast , Hast blest this social ...
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