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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... grove : High funny fummits , deeply fhaded dales , Thick moffy banks , and flow'ry winding vales , With various prospects gratify the fight , And foatter fix'd attention in delight . Come , country Goddefs , come , nor thou fuffice ...
... grove : High funny fummits , deeply fhaded dales , Thick moffy banks , and flow'ry winding vales , With various prospects gratify the fight , And foatter fix'd attention in delight . Come , country Goddefs , come , nor thou fuffice ...
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... eafy fancy rove , Where flutes and innocence amufe the grove : The native bard that on Sicilian plains` Firft fung the lowly manners of the swains ; Or Maro's mufe that in the fairest light Paints rural A 2 SELECT POEMS . 3.
... eafy fancy rove , Where flutes and innocence amufe the grove : The native bard that on Sicilian plains` Firft fung the lowly manners of the swains ; Or Maro's mufe that in the fairest light Paints rural A 2 SELECT POEMS . 3.
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... grove , The victims of ill - fated love ! Heard you that agonizing throe ? Sure this is not romantic woe l The golden day of joy is o'er ; And now they part to meet no more . Affift them , hearts from anguish free ! Affift them , fweet ...
... grove , The victims of ill - fated love ! Heard you that agonizing throe ? Sure this is not romantic woe l The golden day of joy is o'er ; And now they part to meet no more . Affift them , hearts from anguish free ! Affift them , fweet ...
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... grove ; To cool his heat , but more the heat of love : To 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 ...
... grove ; To cool his heat , but more the heat of love : To 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 ...
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... grove ; There let the shepherd's flute , the virgin's lay , The prompting feraph , and the poet's lyre , Still fing the God of Seasons as they roll . For me , when I forget the darling theme , Whether the bloffom blows , the fummer ray ...
... grove ; There let the shepherd's flute , the virgin's lay , The prompting feraph , and the poet's lyre , Still fing the God of Seasons as they roll . For me , when I forget the darling theme , Whether the bloffom blows , the fummer ray ...
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