Seek these embow'ring shades ! Meanwhile, my friends, Sooth me with harmony. I know full well That ye were nurs'd in Cornwall's wizard caves, And oft have pac'd the fairy-peopled vales Of Devon, where Posterity retains Some vein of that old minstrelsy,... Poems - Page 88by William Mason - 1774 - 3 pagesFull view - About this book
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...be that fpeech prophetic ; may he foon Seek thefe embow.ring fhades ! Meanwhile, mj friends, E Sooth Sooth me with harmony. I know full well That ye were...caves, And oft have pac'd the fairy-peopled vales Qf Devon, where Polterity retains Some vein of that old minftrelfy, which breath'd Through each time-honor'd... | |
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...embowering shades ! Meanwhile, my friends, Sooth me with harmony. I know full well That ye were iiurs'd in Cornwall's wizard caves, And oft have pac'd the fairy-peopled vales Of Devon, where posterity retains Some vein ofthat old minstrelsy, which breath'd " Through each timc-honour'd grove... | |
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