Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas TomkinsJ. Wallis, 1782 - 204 pages |
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... the hearth ; The crackling faggot flies . But nothing could a charm impart To footh the ftranger's woe ; För grief was heavy at his heart , And tears began to flow . His rifing cares the hermit fpy'd , With answering care 6 SELECT POEMS .
... the hearth ; The crackling faggot flies . But nothing could a charm impart To footh the ftranger's woe ; För grief was heavy at his heart , And tears began to flow . His rifing cares the hermit fpy'd , With answering care 6 SELECT POEMS .
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... footh his cares on the foft lute he play'd ; But the foft lute refresh'd the lovely maid ; Confpiring elms their umbrage shed around , Wav'd with applause , and liften'd to the found . Sweet Philomel , the chorifter of love , The ...
... footh his cares on the foft lute he play'd ; But the foft lute refresh'd the lovely maid ; Confpiring elms their umbrage shed around , Wav'd with applause , and liften'd to the found . Sweet Philomel , the chorifter of love , The ...
Page 38
... footh my foul to rest , No dream of blifs the dreary night beguiles . Here haggard Difcontent ftill haunts my view ; The fombre genius reigns in ev'ry place , Arrays each virtue in the darkest hue , Chills ev'ry prayer , and cancels ev ...
... footh my foul to rest , No dream of blifs the dreary night beguiles . Here haggard Difcontent ftill haunts my view ; The fombre genius reigns in ev'ry place , Arrays each virtue in the darkest hue , Chills ev'ry prayer , and cancels ev ...
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... footh his rigid ear ; And Gallia's laws have rivetted my doom . Ye cloifter'd fair - ye cenfure - breathing faints , Supprefs your taunts , and learn at length to spare , Though mid these holy walls I vent my plaints , And give to ...
... footh his rigid ear ; And Gallia's laws have rivetted my doom . Ye cloifter'd fair - ye cenfure - breathing faints , Supprefs your taunts , and learn at length to spare , Though mid these holy walls I vent my plaints , And give to ...
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... 'd him the pride of the plain ; In footh he was gentle and kind ! He mark'd on his elegant ftrain The graces that glow'd in his mind . II . On purpose he planted yon trees , That SELECT POEMS . 105 Corydon, a Pastoral Cunningham.
... 'd him the pride of the plain ; In footh he was gentle and kind ! He mark'd on his elegant ftrain The graces that glow'd in his mind . II . On purpose he planted yon trees , That SELECT POEMS . 105 Corydon, a Pastoral Cunningham.
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