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Page 30
... Pride lures the little warbler from the skies : The light - enamored bird deluded dies . THE CHASE . But still the chase , a pleasant task , remains ; The hound must open in these rural strains . Soon as Aurora drives away the night ...
... Pride lures the little warbler from the skies : The light - enamored bird deluded dies . THE CHASE . But still the chase , a pleasant task , remains ; The hound must open in these rural strains . Soon as Aurora drives away the night ...
Page 35
... pride , When once destroyed can never be supplied . A time there was , ere England's griefs began , When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labor spread her wholesome store , Just gave what life required , but gave ...
... pride , When once destroyed can never be supplied . A time there was , ere England's griefs began , When every rood of ground maintained its man ; For him light labor spread her wholesome store , Just gave what life required , but gave ...
Page 37
... pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied ; Space for his lake , his park's extended bounds , Space for his horses , equipage , and hounds ; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Had robbed the neighboring fields of half ...
... pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied ; Space for his lake , his park's extended bounds , Space for his horses , equipage , and hounds ; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Had robbed the neighboring fields of half ...
Page 38
... pride . Thou source of all my bliss , and all my woe , Thou found'st me poor at first , and keep'st me so ; Thou guide , by which the nobler arts excel , Thou nurse of every virtue , fare thee well ! Farewell ! and , O ! where'er thy ...
... pride . Thou source of all my bliss , and all my woe , Thou found'st me poor at first , and keep'st me so ; Thou guide , by which the nobler arts excel , Thou nurse of every virtue , fare thee well ! Farewell ! and , O ! where'er thy ...
Page 40
... pride , and lays his strifes and follies by ? O , from these sterner aspects of thy face Spare me and mine , nor let us need the wrath Of the mad , unchained elements , to teach Who rules them . Be it ours to meditate In these calm ...
... pride , and lays his strifes and follies by ? O , from these sterner aspects of thy face Spare me and mine , nor let us need the wrath Of the mad , unchained elements , to teach Who rules them . Be it ours to meditate In these calm ...
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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