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... rife , What morals teach it , and what fables hide , What Author wrote it , how that Author dy'd , All these I fing . In Greece they fram'd the tale ; ( In Greece ' twas thought , a woman might be frail ) Ye modern Beauties ! where the ...
... rife , What morals teach it , and what fables hide , What Author wrote it , how that Author dy'd , All these I fing . In Greece they fram'd the tale ; ( In Greece ' twas thought , a woman might be frail ) Ye modern Beauties ! where the ...
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... rife from hence ! Young Hermes next , a close contriving God , Her brows encircled with his ferpent rod : Then plots and fair excufes fill'd her brain , The views of breaking am'rous vows for gain . The A finer flax than what they ...
... rife from hence ! Young Hermes next , a close contriving God , Her brows encircled with his ferpent rod : Then plots and fair excufes fill'd her brain , The views of breaking am'rous vows for gain . The A finer flax than what they ...
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... rife ! What frowns confuse his picture of the skies ! At first the creature man was fram'd alone , Lord of himself , and all the world his own . For him the Nymphs in green forfook the woods , For him the Nymphs in blue forfook the ...
... rife ! What frowns confuse his picture of the skies ! At first the creature man was fram'd alone , Lord of himself , and all the world his own . For him the Nymphs in green forfook the woods , For him the Nymphs in blue forfook the ...
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... rife ; I fee the Mufes round the body cry , But hear a Cupid loudly laughing by ; He wheels his arrow with infulting hand , And thus infcribes the moral on the fand . " Here Hefiod lies : ye future Bards , beware " How far your moral ...
... rife ; I fee the Mufes round the body cry , But hear a Cupid loudly laughing by ; He wheels his arrow with infulting hand , And thus infcribes the moral on the fand . " Here Hefiod lies : ye future Bards , beware " How far your moral ...
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... rife . Then Cupid fought the myrtle grove , Where Venus did recline , And Venus clofe embracing Love , They join'd to rail at wine . And And Comus loudly curfing Wit , Roll'd off to fome 30 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... rife . Then Cupid fought the myrtle grove , Where Venus did recline , And Venus clofe embracing Love , They join'd to rail at wine . And And Comus loudly curfing Wit , Roll'd off to fome 30 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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Ægypt againſt anſwer appear Bacchus beauty becauſe caft Callimachus cauſe cloſe Comus cras amet croud defign defire dreft eaſe envy ev'ry eyes fable facred fafe faid fame fate fays feat feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhining fide fight filent filver fince fing firſt flain flies fome fomething fometimes fong foul Frogs ftand ftill fuch fuffer glory Gods head heart himſelf HOMER houſe Iliad Ipfa itſelf Jove laft lefs Let thofe love loft Macedon Mice moft moſt Mouſe mufic Muſes nature never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved Ovid paffage paffion Pallas pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet Pow'r praife praiſe pray'r quique amavit raiſe reaſon reft rife ſcene ſhade ſhake ſhe ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtill ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflation Twas uſe whofe whoſe youth ZOILUS
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Page 136 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
Page 142 - Thy prayer, thy praise, thy life to vice unknown, In sweet memorial rise before the throne: These charms success in our bright region...
Page 98 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 126 - Arms, angels, epitaphs and bones, These (all the poor remains of state) Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give.
Page 131 - Know God — and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
Page 129 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
Page 23 - Ye nightingales, ye twisting pines ! Ye swains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes, breezy winds! Ye close retreats of love ! With all of nature, all of art...
Page 96 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Page 39 - At close of eve he leaves his home, And wends to find the ruin'd dome, All on the gloomy plain. As there he bides, it...
Page 143 - With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver...