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... Full of fair windows , and delightful bowers ; And on the top a dial told the timely hours . ... And spake the praises of the workman's wit ; But full great pity , that so fair a mold Did on lo weak foundation ever fit ; For on a ...
... Full of fair windows , and delightful bowers ; And on the top a dial told the timely hours . ... And spake the praises of the workman's wit ; But full great pity , that so fair a mold Did on lo weak foundation ever fit ; For on a ...
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a The slightest of favours bestow'd by the fair , With rapture we take , and with triumph we wear : But a moss - woven rose - bud , Eliza , from Thee , A well pleasing gift to a monarch would be : -Ah ! that illness , too cruel ...
a The slightest of favours bestow'd by the fair , With rapture we take , and with triumph we wear : But a moss - woven rose - bud , Eliza , from Thee , A well pleasing gift to a monarch would be : -Ah ! that illness , too cruel ...
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None but the brave , None but the brave deserve the fair . Chor . Happy , happy , & c . Timotheus , plac'd on high Ainid the tuneful choir , With flying fingers touch'd the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky , And heav'nly joys ...
None but the brave , None but the brave deserve the fair . Chor . Happy , happy , & c . Timotheus , plac'd on high Ainid the tuneful choir , With flying fingers touch'd the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky , And heav'nly joys ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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