A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

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Os I it i.e pleasant with a heart at ease,
Jus~ after sllllBet, or by moonlight akie~~t
To make the shining clouds be what you pleaae,
Or let the eaaUy persuaded eyes
Own each quaint li1tene88 1 ii!Buing t'rom the mould
Of a friend's fancy; or with head bent low 1
And cheek aslant, 11ee rivera flow of gold
'Twixt crimson banks; and then, a traveller, go
From mount to mount through Cloudland 1 gorgeo1,1.9
land!
Or listening to the tide with cl*d sight,
Be that blind bard who, on the Chinn strand,
By those deep sounds poeaeBB'd with inward light>,
Beheld the Diad and the OdyBBee
Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea.
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0 sweet Fancy I let her looee ;
Summer's joys o.re spoilt by use,
And the enjoying of the Spring
"Fadeil 88 does ita blosaoming:
.Autumn's red-lipp'd f'ruitllge too,
Blushin~ through the mista aDd dew,
Cloys With tllsting: What do then 1
Sit thee by the ingle, when
The sear ragot blazes bright,
Spirit of a winter's night;
When the sonndleBB earth is muftled,
.And the eakM snow ia shuftled
From the ploughboy's heavy ehoou;
When the Night doth meet the Noon
In a. dark couspiracy
To banish Even from her sky.
Sit thee th,re, &nd send abroad,
With & mind self·overawed,
Fancy, high·oom.misaion'd :-eend her I
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