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Page 94
... Gaul , nor Hudibras , Mirror of knighthood , ' ere could vie with thee , Great sultan of the vale ! thy front severe , As humble Indians to their pagods bow , The clowns submiss approach . Themis to thee Commits her golden balance ...
... Gaul , nor Hudibras , Mirror of knighthood , ' ere could vie with thee , Great sultan of the vale ! thy front severe , As humble Indians to their pagods bow , The clowns submiss approach . Themis to thee Commits her golden balance ...
Page 97
... Gaul , Of rule insatiate , potent to deceive , And great by subtile wiles , from the adverse shore Pour With treacherous praise , and with a double face Ambiguous wantonness demurely sneers : Till circling brimmers every veil withdraw ...
... Gaul , Of rule insatiate , potent to deceive , And great by subtile wiles , from the adverse shore Pour With treacherous praise , and with a double face Ambiguous wantonness demurely sneers : Till circling brimmers every veil withdraw ...
Page 149
... Gaul the terror of thy arms , That awes her genius still . In statesmen thou , And patriots , fertile . Thine a steady More , Who , with a generous though mistaken zeal , Withstood a brutal tyrant's useful rage , Like Cato firm , like ...
... Gaul the terror of thy arms , That awes her genius still . In statesmen thou , And patriots , fertile . Thine a steady More , Who , with a generous though mistaken zeal , Withstood a brutal tyrant's useful rage , Like Cato firm , like ...
Page 164
... Gaul , And bade thee be his queen , there still remains Full many a lovely , unfrequented wild , Where change like this is needless ; where no lines Of hedge - row , avenue , or of platform square , Demand destruction . In thy fair ...
... Gaul , And bade thee be his queen , there still remains Full many a lovely , unfrequented wild , Where change like this is needless ; where no lines Of hedge - row , avenue , or of platform square , Demand destruction . In thy fair ...
Page 307
... Gaul , has roused the world to war ; When keen , once more , within their bounds to press Those polished robbers , those ambitious slaves , ' The British youth would hail thy wise command , Thy tempered ardor , and thy veteran skill ...
... Gaul , has roused the world to war ; When keen , once more , within their bounds to press Those polished robbers , those ambitious slaves , ' The British youth would hail thy wise command , Thy tempered ardor , and thy veteran skill ...
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arms beauty behold beneath birds bloom bosom boughs breast breath brow busk Ceres charms cheerful chyle clouds courser death deep delight dread e'en earth ELSPA Eurus fair fear fields flame flocks flood flowers forest frae fruits Gaul Georgic give glebe glow grace green Grongar Hill groves hand happy heart heaven hills labor land light live maun mind morn mountains muse MUSIDORA Naiad Nature Nature's night numbers nymphs o'er pain peace plain plant pleasure plough praise pride race rage rapture reign rich rills rise rocks round rural scene shade sheep shepherd shine shrubs sigh Silurian sing skies smile soft soil song soon soul spread spring strains stream swain sweet swelling taste tempest tender Theana thee thine thou toil trees trembling vale Virgil virtue wandering wave wild winds wings Winter woods yield youth