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...shell' to the 'choral song' of the whole universe breathing in the ear of Faith : or, as he draws — ' the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day,' then I realize the ardor of his admirers. and can call him from my soul — a poet ! Many of his odes...

...studies, his exercises, his amusements, were all in the open And emanations were perceived ; and act: Of immortality, in nature's course, Exemplified by...strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill cuuld make, his fancy fetched, Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless youth, who touched...

...tenderness prevailed, When piety more awful had relaxed. In ihat fair clime, the lonely herdsman, siretched On the soft grass, through half a summer's day, With...Even from the blazing Chariot of the Sun, A beardless youih, who touched a golden lyre, And filled the illumined groves with ravishment. The nightly Hunter,...

...blue — as if that sky let fall A flower from its cerulean wall. BRYANT. KELIGION OF ANCIENT GREECE. IN that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched...if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear1 A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill could make, his fancy fetched,...

...describing the religion of ancient Greece : — " In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretch'd On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With...distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his popr skill could make, his fancy fetch'd Even from the blazing chariot of the sun, A beardless youth,...

...describing the religion of ancient Greece:— " In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretch'd On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With...And in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own brentli was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds Which his poor skill...

...thoughts The face which rural solitude might wear To the unenlightened swains of pagan Greece. — In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched...grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled Iiia indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced...

...thoughts The face which rural tolitude might wear To the unenlightened swains of pagan Greece. — In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched...half a summer's day, With music lulled his indolent re£osc' : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A...

...clime, the lonely herdsman, stretch'd On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lull'd his indolent repose: And in some fit of weariness,...sounds Which his poor skill could make, his fancy fetch'd, E'en from the blazing chariot of the sun, A beardless youth, who touch'da golden lute, And...