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... yield to the passion of love , with which Venus , the goddess of Love , afflicted him even to death , taunts her with Anchises , Adonis , and Diomede , her lovers at various times . See the Classical Dictionaries . Thymbris is the name ...
... yield to the passion of love , with which Venus , the goddess of Love , afflicted him even to death , taunts her with Anchises , Adonis , and Diomede , her lovers at various times . See the Classical Dictionaries . Thymbris is the name ...
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... yield a pause of rest . Still do the gods a weight of care bestow , Though still some good is mingled with the woe ... yields , And view thy crops in season crown the fields ; Lest thou to strangers ' gates penurious rove , And every ...
... yield a pause of rest . Still do the gods a weight of care bestow , Though still some good is mingled with the woe ... yields , And view thy crops in season crown the fields ; Lest thou to strangers ' gates penurious rove , And every ...
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... yield . O'er the wide earth when men the cuckoo hear From spreading oak - leaves first delight their ear , Three days and nights let heaven in ceaseless rains , Deep as thy ox's hoof o'erflow the plains ; So shall an equal crop thy time ...
... yield . O'er the wide earth when men the cuckoo hear From spreading oak - leaves first delight their ear , Three days and nights let heaven in ceaseless rains , Deep as thy ox's hoof o'erflow the plains ; So shall an equal crop thy time ...
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... yield , High sheltering woods and wa's maun shield : But thou , beneath the random bield O ' clod or stane , Adorns the histie stibble - field , Unseen , alane . There in thy scanty mantle clad , Thy snawie bosom sunward spread , Thou ...
... yield , High sheltering woods and wa's maun shield : But thou , beneath the random bield O ' clod or stane , Adorns the histie stibble - field , Unseen , alane . There in thy scanty mantle clad , Thy snawie bosom sunward spread , Thou ...
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... yield to interest's dearer ties ; Each rival Machiavel with envy burns , And honesty forsakes them all by turns ; While calumny upon each party's thrown , Which both promote , and both alike disown . Fatigued , at last , a calm retreat ...
... yield to interest's dearer ties ; Each rival Machiavel with envy burns , And honesty forsakes them all by turns ; While calumny upon each party's thrown , Which both promote , and both alike disown . Fatigued , at last , a calm retreat ...
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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