And drenches with Elysian dew (List, mortals, if your ears be true) Beds of hyacinth and roses, Where young Adonis oft reposes, Waxing well of his deep wound, In slumber soft, and on the ground Sadly sits the Assyrian queen. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 31by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840Full view - About this book
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...dwells, And Weft winds, with musky wing About the cedarM alleys fling Nard and Cajfia's balmy fmells. Iris there with humid bow, Waters the odorous banks that blow Flowers of more mingled hew Than her purfl'd fcarf can fliew, And drenches with Efy/an dew (Lift mortals if your ears be true)... | |
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| John Milton - 1759 - 414 pages
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| John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
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| English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
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