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... raptures charms the feeling heart ; Th ' Harmonica shall join the sacred choir , Fresh transports kindle , and new joys inspire . Hark ! the soft warblings , sounding smooth and clear , Strike with celestial ravishment the ear ...
... raptures charms the feeling heart ; Th ' Harmonica shall join the sacred choir , Fresh transports kindle , and new joys inspire . Hark ! the soft warblings , sounding smooth and clear , Strike with celestial ravishment the ear ...
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... rapture paints in gold the landscape of the skies . VI . Then through the liquid fields we'll climb , Where Plato treads empyreal air , Where daring Homer sits sublime , And Pindar rolls his fiery car ; Above the cloud - encircled hills ...
... rapture paints in gold the landscape of the skies . VI . Then through the liquid fields we'll climb , Where Plato treads empyreal air , Where daring Homer sits sublime , And Pindar rolls his fiery car ; Above the cloud - encircled hills ...
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... raptures number'd , lightly danced away : To love , to bliss , the blended soul was given , And cach , too happy , ask'd no brighter heaven . Yet then , even then , my trembling thoughts would rove , And steal an hour from IRAD , and ...
... raptures number'd , lightly danced away : To love , to bliss , the blended soul was given , And cach , too happy , ask'd no brighter heaven . Yet then , even then , my trembling thoughts would rove , And steal an hour from IRAD , and ...
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... rapture behold , While ages on ages thy splendours unfold . Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time ; Most fruitful thy soil , most inviting thy clime ; Let the crimes of the east ne'er encrimson thy name , Be freedom and science ...
... rapture behold , While ages on ages thy splendours unfold . Thy reign is the last and the noblest of time ; Most fruitful thy soil , most inviting thy clime ; Let the crimes of the east ne'er encrimson thy name , Be freedom and science ...
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... from her sacred strings , Else what high tones of rapture must have told The first great actions of a chief so bold ! These lines are characteristic of his manner The " Columbiad " was reprinted in Paris and London 58 JOEL BARLOW .
... from her sacred strings , Else what high tones of rapture must have told The first great actions of a chief so bold ! These lines are characteristic of his manner The " Columbiad " was reprinted in Paris and London 58 JOEL BARLOW .
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