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... mountains high Built altars to thy name , And grav'd it on the rocks thereby , To propagate thy fame . " I taught the shepherds on the downs Of thee to form their lays : ' Twas I that fill'd the neighbouring towns With ditties of thy ...
... mountains high Built altars to thy name , And grav'd it on the rocks thereby , To propagate thy fame . " I taught the shepherds on the downs Of thee to form their lays : ' Twas I that fill'd the neighbouring towns With ditties of thy ...
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... mountain dwell , Whilst Willy bids his friend and joy farewell . In But ( of great Thetis ' train ) Ye mermaids fair , That on the shores do plain Your sea - green hair , As ye in trammels knit your locks Weep ye ; and so enforce the ...
... mountain dwell , Whilst Willy bids his friend and joy farewell . In But ( of great Thetis ' train ) Ye mermaids fair , That on the shores do plain Your sea - green hair , As ye in trammels knit your locks Weep ye ; and so enforce the ...
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... mountain stands , Till thunder strikes. tongue and wit Preserves Rome's greatness yet : Thou art the first of orators ; only he Who best can praise thee next must be . Welcome the Mantuan swan ! Virgil the wise , Whose verse walks ...
... mountain stands , Till thunder strikes. tongue and wit Preserves Rome's greatness yet : Thou art the first of orators ; only he Who best can praise thee next must be . Welcome the Mantuan swan ! Virgil the wise , Whose verse walks ...
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Charles Mackay. Upon his three pil'd mountain stands , Till thunder strikes him from the sky , The son of Earth again in his earth's womb does lie . What blood , confusion , ruin , to obtain A short and miserable reign ? In what oblique ...
Charles Mackay. Upon his three pil'd mountain stands , Till thunder strikes him from the sky , The son of Earth again in his earth's womb does lie . What blood , confusion , ruin , to obtain A short and miserable reign ? In what oblique ...
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... mountain leave to feed , And batten on this moor ? Ha ! have you eyes ? You cannot call it love : for , at your age , The hey - day in the blood is tame , ' tis humble , And waits upon the judgment : and what judgment Would step from ...
... mountain leave to feed , And batten on this moor ? Ha ! have you eyes ? You cannot call it love : for , at your age , The hey - day in the blood is tame , ' tis humble , And waits upon the judgment : and what judgment Would step from ...
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