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... happy prove , That bear me far from what I love ? PRIOR . I charge thee loiter not , but haste to bless me : Think with what eager hopes , what rage , I burn , For every tedious moment how I mourn : Think how I call thee cruel for thy ...
... happy prove , That bear me far from what I love ? PRIOR . I charge thee loiter not , but haste to bless me : Think with what eager hopes , what rage , I burn , For every tedious moment how I mourn : Think how I call thee cruel for thy ...
Page 29
... happy fields bestow ? DRYDEN . If your care to wheat alone extend , Let Maia with her sisters first descend , Before you trust in earth your future hope , Or else expect a listless , lazy crop . GAY . The ploughman leaves the task of ...
... happy fields bestow ? DRYDEN . If your care to wheat alone extend , Let Maia with her sisters first descend , Before you trust in earth your future hope , Or else expect a listless , lazy crop . GAY . The ploughman leaves the task of ...
Page 47
... to attend The name of happy , till he knew his end . CREECH . Time , which made them their fame outlive , To Cowley scarce did ripeness give . SIR J. DENHAM . Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal , AUTHORS . 47.
... to attend The name of happy , till he knew his end . CREECH . Time , which made them their fame outlive , To Cowley scarce did ripeness give . SIR J. DENHAM . Horace's wit and Virgil's state He did not steal , AUTHORS . 47.
Page 54
... happy Duck , employ'd in threshing stubble , Thy toil is lessen'd , and thy profits double . SWIFT . Gay paid his courtship with the crowd , As far as modest pride allow'd ; Rejects a servile usher's place , And leaves St. James's in ...
... happy Duck , employ'd in threshing stubble , Thy toil is lessen'd , and thy profits double . SWIFT . Gay paid his courtship with the crowd , As far as modest pride allow'd ; Rejects a servile usher's place , And leaves St. James's in ...
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... Happy , and happy still she might have proved , Were she less beautiful , or less beloved . POPE . The nymph surveys him , and beholds the grace Of charming features , and a youthful face . Pore . Besides , he's lovely far above the ...
... Happy , and happy still she might have proved , Were she less beautiful , or less beloved . POPE . The nymph surveys him , and beholds the grace Of charming features , and a youthful face . Pore . Besides , he's lovely far above the ...
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ADDISON ANNE BRADSTREET beauty BEN JONSON birds BLACKMORE bless bliss breast breath bright BYRON charms Childe Harold clouds coursers COWLEY COWPER dark death delight DENHAM doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools gentle give glory golden grace grief happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Hudibras ISAAC WATTS JOANNA BAILLIE king light live look Lord MILTON mind morning muse N. P. WILLIS nature ne'er never Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace pleasure POPE pow'r praise pride PRIOR rich ROSCOMMON round shade SHAKSPEARE shine sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul SPENSER spirit spring stars stream sweet SWIFT tears thee thine things THOMSON thou trees truth virtue voice WALLER WALTER HARTE weep wind wings wise woman words YOUNG youth