New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and Entertaining, from the Most Eminent British Poets, and Poetical Translators, Volume 6C. and C. Whittingham; Published by Carpenter and son, 1827 - Classical poetry |
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... Bird ... The Norman Bachelor ........................... ................ 1 The Land of Cokaigne .. .......... Way . 352 Way . 356 Way . 358 .Anonymous . 362 ... Anonymous . 365 Stanzas Compass'd with warriors ... Anonymous . 359 Lines - ...
... Bird ... The Norman Bachelor ........................... ................ 1 The Land of Cokaigne .. .......... Way . 352 Way . 356 Way . 358 .Anonymous . 362 ... Anonymous . 365 Stanzas Compass'd with warriors ... Anonymous . 359 Lines - ...
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... bird her helpless young attends , From danger guards them , and from want defends ; In search of prey she wings the spacious air , And with the ' untasted food supplies her care ; For thankless Greece such hardships have I braved , Her ...
... bird her helpless young attends , From danger guards them , and from want defends ; In search of prey she wings the spacious air , And with the ' untasted food supplies her care ; For thankless Greece such hardships have I braved , Her ...
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... birds of broadest wing their mansion form , The chough , the seamew , the loquacious crow , And scream aloft , and skim the deeps below . Depending vines the shelving cavern screen , With purple clusters blushing through the green ...
... birds of broadest wing their mansion form , The chough , the seamew , the loquacious crow , And scream aloft , and skim the deeps below . Depending vines the shelving cavern screen , With purple clusters blushing through the green ...
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... birds ' fierce monarch * drops his vengeful ire ; Perch'd on the sceptre of the ' Olympian king , The thrilling darts of harmony he feels ; And indolently hangs his rapid wing , While gentle sleep his closing eyelid seals ; And o'er his ...
... birds ' fierce monarch * drops his vengeful ire ; Perch'd on the sceptre of the ' Olympian king , The thrilling darts of harmony he feels ; And indolently hangs his rapid wing , While gentle sleep his closing eyelid seals ; And o'er his ...
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... birds dismiss'd ( while you remain ) Bore back their empty car again : Then you , with looks divinely mild , In every heavenly feature smiled , And ask'd what new complaints I made , And why I call'd you to my aid : What frenzy in my ...
... birds dismiss'd ( while you remain ) Bore back their empty car again : Then you , with looks divinely mild , In every heavenly feature smiled , And ask'd what new complaints I made , And why I call'd you to my aid : What frenzy in my ...
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