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While, hand in hand, through Eden's bowers they rov'd;
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 Thomas Moore 1815
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Friend of my youth! when young we rov'd (_Hours of Idleness_), i.
The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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When I rov'd a young Highlander o'er the dark heath,
Byron's Poetical Works, Volume 1 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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Thy vot'refs once, as pure a maid As ever rov'd the Delian fhade,
The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790
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Ah! was I as in the carclefs diys o£ yotttb, when free as mountain zephyrs I led my fportive flocks, and like the feaiher'd choir delighted rov'd fihom grove to grove; ibught the dear riv'lct or the embowering fiiade as choice un - fetter'd led; then, O Afenath! had I fought thy love.
The life of Jacob 1785
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Nor was there one of all the nymphs that rov'd Or Maenalus, amid the maiden throng.
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He faintly reply'd "When I had rov'd the whole city without finding where I had left the inn, the master of this house came up to me, and kindly profer'd to be my guide; so through many a cross lane and blind turning, having brought me to this house, he drew his weapon and prest for a closer ingagement.
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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When I rov'd a young Highlander o'er the dark heath (_Hours of
The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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