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... flow'rs : Honeft effufion ! the fioln heart in vain Works hard to put a glofs on its diftrefs . Strength , too ! thou furly , and lefs gentle boast Of those that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common ficknefs pulls thee down ...
... flow'rs : Honeft effufion ! the fioln heart in vain Works hard to put a glofs on its diftrefs . Strength , too ! thou furly , and lefs gentle boast Of those that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common ficknefs pulls thee down ...
Page 50
... flow'rs he drefs'd , And fpread a verdant mantle o'er her breaft ; Then from the hollow of his hand he pours The circling waters round her winding fhores , The new - born world in their cool arms em- bracing , And with foft murmurs ...
... flow'rs he drefs'd , And fpread a verdant mantle o'er her breaft ; Then from the hollow of his hand he pours The circling waters round her winding fhores , The new - born world in their cool arms em- bracing , And with foft murmurs ...
Page 62
... flow'r ! The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour , And they wither and die in a day . Yet the rofe has one powerful virtue to boast , Above all the flow'rs of the field : [ loft , When its leaves are ...
... flow'r ! The glory of April and May ! But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour , And they wither and die in a day . Yet the rofe has one powerful virtue to boast , Above all the flow'rs of the field : [ loft , When its leaves are ...
Page 71
... flow'ry Mach did the view divide his wav'ring mind : Now glow'd his breaft ... rs to ftrew thy couch , and crown thy head : [ thy bed . Joy fhall attend ... flow'd her enchanting tongue : " Dear Hercules , whence this unkind delay ? Dear ...
... flow'ry Mach did the view divide his wav'ring mind : Now glow'd his breaft ... rs to ftrew thy couch , and crown thy head : [ thy bed . Joy fhall attend ... flow'd her enchanting tongue : " Dear Hercules , whence this unkind delay ? Dear ...
Page 77
... flow'rs , and choak the foil ? ' Tis Slander - and , with fhame I own , The vice of human kind alone . Be Slander , then , my leading dream , Tho ' you're a ftranger to the theme ; Thy fofter breaft , and honeft heart , Scorn the ...
... flow'rs , and choak the foil ? ' Tis Slander - and , with fhame I own , The vice of human kind alone . Be Slander , then , my leading dream , Tho ' you're a ftranger to the theme ; Thy fofter breaft , and honeft heart , Scorn the ...
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