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...were ,the first objects of " his his care, as is most beautifully expressed by the divine poet— " Awake, the morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants! how blows the citron grove! What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed I How nature...

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...whisper'd thus. Awake, My fairest, my espous'd, my latest found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever-new delight, Awake ; the morning shines, and the fresh...Calls us : we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tciulc ' plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature...

...whisper'd thus: Awake, My fairest, my espous'd, my latest found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever-new delight, Awake; the morning shines, and the fresh...the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. Book BII Comparing Latin Hexameter with English Heroic rhyme, the former has obviously the advantage...

...whrsper'd thus : Awake, My fairest, my espous'd, my latest found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever-new delight, Awake; the morning shines, and the fresh...balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Siis on the bloom extracting liquid sweets. Such whispering wak'd her, but with startled eye On Adam,...

...pleasures she is losing : Awake, My fairest, my espoused, ray lately found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delight, Awake ; the morning shines, and...field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring The tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How Nature...

...whisper'd thus. Awake, My fairest, my espous'd, my latest found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever-new delight, Awake; the morning shines, and the fresh...what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, and how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet. Book V. 1. 1. Comparing Latin Hexameter...