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... sublime Potomac's troubled breast , Convolved in seeming agony and ire , The red reflection , like a dragon , burn'd . And though the coming thunder was not heard , Yet , on the breezeless sky perturb'd , in dread The silent bear his ...
... sublime Potomac's troubled breast , Convolved in seeming agony and ire , The red reflection , like a dragon , burn'd . And though the coming thunder was not heard , Yet , on the breezeless sky perturb'd , in dread The silent bear his ...
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... sublime . Moonlight o'er ocean's stillness ! on the crest Of the poor maniac , moonlight ! —He is calm ; Calmer he soon will be in endless rest : - O , be thy coolness to his brow as balm , And breathe , thou fresh breeze , on his ...
... sublime . Moonlight o'er ocean's stillness ! on the crest Of the poor maniac , moonlight ! —He is calm ; Calmer he soon will be in endless rest : - O , be thy coolness to his brow as balm , And breathe , thou fresh breeze , on his ...
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... sublime , Th ' impression of eternal feet is seen ! These mountains are the eldest - born of Time , Still young and green ! What nobler home , what holier company For Love and Thought , than forests and the heath , Where life's Great ...
... sublime , Th ' impression of eternal feet is seen ! These mountains are the eldest - born of Time , Still young and green ! What nobler home , what holier company For Love and Thought , than forests and the heath , Where life's Great ...
Page 63
... Sublime instruction from his lips shall flow , And Mercy's antidote for sin and woe . Matilda's name shall shine , admired afar , In Fame's blue night , a new , and lovely star : May she not hope for glory's bright caress , Fair LOVE . 63.
... Sublime instruction from his lips shall flow , And Mercy's antidote for sin and woe . Matilda's name shall shine , admired afar , In Fame's blue night , a new , and lovely star : May she not hope for glory's bright caress , Fair LOVE . 63.
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... sublime , The unbeginning , the unending sea , Dimensionless as God's infinity ! England , like Greece , shall fall , despoil'd , defaced , And weep , the Tadmor of the watery waste . The wave shall mock her lone and manless shore ; The ...
... sublime , The unbeginning , the unending sea , Dimensionless as God's infinity ! England , like Greece , shall fall , despoil'd , defaced , And weep , the Tadmor of the watery waste . The wave shall mock her lone and manless shore ; The ...
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