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... o'er the heavens a dark'ning cloud Obscured their brightness with its sable shroud : The rattling hailstorm rush'd along the sea , A flaming ocean in the sky we see ; The gaping waves a thousand dangers show , Dread as the gates of ...
... o'er the heavens a dark'ning cloud Obscured their brightness with its sable shroud : The rattling hailstorm rush'd along the sea , A flaming ocean in the sky we see ; The gaping waves a thousand dangers show , Dread as the gates of ...
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... o'er the land ? 5 . Soon shall he shine , illuming happier skies ; No cloud shall darken then his golden ray : From spicy groves a thousand odours rise , The flow'ret blushing at his warm embrace , The rivers glittering , while the ...
... o'er the land ? 5 . Soon shall he shine , illuming happier skies ; No cloud shall darken then his golden ray : From spicy groves a thousand odours rise , The flow'ret blushing at his warm embrace , The rivers glittering , while the ...
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... o'er , And all around ambrosial sweetness pour . 4 . And all who dwell on Acherontia's crest , The Bantine hills or rich Ferentum's vale , - When thus they saw me , wonder'd much to find No pois'nous serpent round my body twin'd.- All ...
... o'er , And all around ambrosial sweetness pour . 4 . And all who dwell on Acherontia's crest , The Bantine hills or rich Ferentum's vale , - When thus they saw me , wonder'd much to find No pois'nous serpent round my body twin'd.- All ...
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... o'er , Beyond the reach of human thought I'll soar . 7 . With you I wander , fearless , ev'ry where : - What , tho ' the bounding sea around me foam ? Tranquil along the Bosphorus I sail , Tho ' lash'd with all the fury of the gale ...
... o'er , Beyond the reach of human thought I'll soar . 7 . With you I wander , fearless , ev'ry where : - What , tho ' the bounding sea around me foam ? Tranquil along the Bosphorus I sail , Tho ' lash'd with all the fury of the gale ...
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... o'er the sky- And thee I find amid the mountain tops , Or polish'd plains , or heathery hillocks wild ! Thee I invok'd , when first I undertook The high emprise of following angel - wing , Or one that soar'd high as angel in Th ...
... o'er the sky- And thee I find amid the mountain tops , Or polish'd plains , or heathery hillocks wild ! Thee I invok'd , when first I undertook The high emprise of following angel - wing , Or one that soar'd high as angel in Th ...
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