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Page 169
See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs , And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound , Flutters in blood , and panting beats the ground . Ah ! what avail his glossy , varying dyes ...
See ! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs , And mounts exulting on triumphant wings : Short is his joy ; he feels the fiery wound , Flutters in blood , and panting beats the ground . Ah ! what avail his glossy , varying dyes ...
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With stealthy wing , Should some rude foot their woody haunts molest , Amid a neighbouring bush they silent drop , And whirring thence , as if alarm'd , deceive Th ' unfeeling schoolboy . Hence , around the head Of wandering swain ...
With stealthy wing , Should some rude foot their woody haunts molest , Amid a neighbouring bush they silent drop , And whirring thence , as if alarm'd , deceive Th ' unfeeling schoolboy . Hence , around the head Of wandering swain ...
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As on the mountain - turf I lie ; Now o'er the daisy meads I stray , While the wanton Zephyr sings , And meet with , as I pace my way , And in the vale perfumes his wings ; 140 Sweetly shining on the eye , While the waters murmur deep ...
As on the mountain - turf I lie ; Now o'er the daisy meads I stray , While the wanton Zephyr sings , And meet with , as I pace my way , And in the vale perfumes his wings ; 140 Sweetly shining on the eye , While the waters murmur deep ...
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Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR I | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century |
| Editor | Cecil Albert Moore |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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