The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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... Tell me , ye jovial failors , tell me true , If my fweet William fails among the crew . William , who high upon the yard , Rock'd with the billows to and fro , Soon as her well - known voice he heard , He figh'd and caft his eyes below ...
... Tell me , ye jovial failors , tell me true , If my fweet William fails among the crew . William , who high upon the yard , Rock'd with the billows to and fro , Soon as her well - known voice he heard , He figh'd and caft his eyes below ...
Page 58
... tell the pebbles on the fhore ; Then may't thou reckon up the names Of all my beauties , all my flames . At Athens , flames that fill furvive , First count me only thirty - five . At Corinth next tell o'er the fair , Tell me a whole ...
... tell the pebbles on the fhore ; Then may't thou reckon up the names Of all my beauties , all my flames . At Athens , flames that fill furvive , First count me only thirty - five . At Corinth next tell o'er the fair , Tell me a whole ...
Page 64
... Tell me the path , fweet wand'rer , tell , To thy unknown fequefter'd cell , Where woodbines clufter round the door , Where shells and moss o'erlay the floor ; And on whofe top an hawthorn blows , Amid whofe thickly - woven boughs Some ...
... Tell me the path , fweet wand'rer , tell , To thy unknown fequefter'd cell , Where woodbines clufter round the door , Where shells and moss o'erlay the floor ; And on whofe top an hawthorn blows , Amid whofe thickly - woven boughs Some ...
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