The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... fhade The neighouring woods a native arbour made , There oft a tender pair , for amorous play Retiring , toy'd the ravifh'd hours away ; A Locrian youth , the gentle Troilus he , A fair Milefian , kind Evanthe fhe : But fwelling nature ...
... fhade The neighouring woods a native arbour made , There oft a tender pair , for amorous play Retiring , toy'd the ravifh'd hours away ; A Locrian youth , the gentle Troilus he , A fair Milefian , kind Evanthe fhe : But fwelling nature ...
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... fhade the naked trees . When gathering damps the mifty nights diffufe , She sprinkles all the morn with balmy dews ; Bright trembling pearls depend at every spray , And , kept from falling , feem to fall away . A gloffy freshnefs hence ...
... fhade the naked trees . When gathering damps the mifty nights diffufe , She sprinkles all the morn with balmy dews ; Bright trembling pearls depend at every spray , And , kept from falling , feem to fall away . A gloffy freshnefs hence ...
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... fhade forfakes the vale , Though one would fave you , not one grain of wheat , Should pay fuch fongfters idling at ... fhade with foreign hair .. If truth , in spite of manners , muft bertold , Why really fifty - five is fomething old ...
... fhade forfakes the vale , Though one would fave you , not one grain of wheat , Should pay fuch fongfters idling at ... fhade with foreign hair .. If truth , in spite of manners , muft bertold , Why really fifty - five is fomething old ...
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... fhade I ftood , I fung my wishes to the wood , And , loft in thought , no more perceiv'd The branches whisper as they wav'd : It feem'd as all the quiet place Confefs'd the prefence of his grace . When thus the fpoke - Go rule thy will ...
... fhade I ftood , I fung my wishes to the wood , And , loft in thought , no more perceiv'd The branches whisper as they wav'd : It feem'd as all the quiet place Confefs'd the prefence of his grace . When thus the fpoke - Go rule thy will ...
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... fhade ; While loofe difcourfe another raifes In naked Nature's plaineft phrases , And every glafs he drinks enjoys , With change of nonfenfe , luft , and noise ; Mad and careless , hot and vain : Such as thefe the goat retain . Another ...
... fhade ; While loofe difcourfe another raifes In naked Nature's plaineft phrases , And every glafs he drinks enjoys , With change of nonfenfe , luft , and noise ; Mad and careless , hot and vain : Such as thefe the goat retain . Another ...
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