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... arms his aid implores ; But strives in vain ; borne by the outrageous flood To distance down , he rides the ridgy wave , Or whelmed beneath the boiling eddy sinks . THE TORMENTS OF JEALOUSY . These are the charming agonies of love ...
... arms his aid implores ; But strives in vain ; borne by the outrageous flood To distance down , he rides the ridgy wave , Or whelmed beneath the boiling eddy sinks . THE TORMENTS OF JEALOUSY . These are the charming agonies of love ...
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... arms which all deny . Twice may thy plaints benignant favor gain , And haply thrice may not be poured in vain ; If still persisting plead thy wearying prayer , Thy words are naught , thy eloquence is air . Did exhortation move , the ...
... arms which all deny . Twice may thy plaints benignant favor gain , And haply thrice may not be poured in vain ; If still persisting plead thy wearying prayer , Thy words are naught , thy eloquence is air . Did exhortation move , the ...
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... arms . With louder plaints the mother spoke her woes , And blest the cot where every pleasure rose ; And kissed her thoughtless babes with many a tear , And clasped them close , in sorrow doubly dear ; Whilst her fond husband strove to ...
... arms . With louder plaints the mother spoke her woes , And blest the cot where every pleasure rose ; And kissed her thoughtless babes with many a tear , And clasped them close , in sorrow doubly dear ; Whilst her fond husband strove to ...
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... arms my humble lines rehearse , Alpine wonders thunder through my verse , roaring cataract , the snow - topt hill , No The Inspiring awe , till breath itself stands still : Nature's sublimer scenes ne'er charmed mine eyes , Nor science ...
... arms my humble lines rehearse , Alpine wonders thunder through my verse , roaring cataract , the snow - topt hill , No The Inspiring awe , till breath itself stands still : Nature's sublimer scenes ne'er charmed mine eyes , Nor science ...
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... arms approach your happy ground . Far different is my fate ; my feeble goats With pains I drive from their forsaken cots ; And this you see I scarcely drag along , on the rocks has left her young Who yeaning ( The hope and promise of my ...
... arms approach your happy ground . Far different is my fate ; my feeble goats With pains I drive from their forsaken cots ; And this you see I scarcely drag along , on the rocks has left her young Who yeaning ( The hope and promise of my ...
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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