Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 131
... muse , in Leo's golden days , Starts from her trance , and trims her wither'd bays ; Rome's ancient Genius , o'er its ruins spread , Shakes off the dust , and rears its rev'rend head . Then sculpture and her sister - arts revive ...
... muse , in Leo's golden days , Starts from her trance , and trims her wither'd bays ; Rome's ancient Genius , o'er its ruins spread , Shakes off the dust , and rears its rev'rend head . Then sculpture and her sister - arts revive ...
Page 200
... Muse and each fair science pin'd away The sordid hours : while foul barbarian hands Their mysteries profan'd , unstrung the lyre , And chain'd the soaring pinion down to earth . At last the Muses rose , and spurn'd their bonds , And ...
... Muse and each fair science pin'd away The sordid hours : while foul barbarian hands Their mysteries profan'd , unstrung the lyre , And chain'd the soaring pinion down to earth . At last the Muses rose , and spurn'd their bonds , And ...
Page 212
... Muse's skill , And in the smooth description murmur still . Sometimes to gentle Tiber I retire , And the fam'd river's empty shores admire , That , destitute of strength , derives its course From thrifty urns and an unfruitful source ...
... Muse's skill , And in the smooth description murmur still . Sometimes to gentle Tiber I retire , And the fam'd river's empty shores admire , That , destitute of strength , derives its course From thrifty urns and an unfruitful source ...
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