A Collection of Poems: Occasionally Writ on Several Subjects |
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... Bofom knows , While all Things a new Heav'n of Joy difclofe . STREPHON . How much was I , to leave the Country , croft ! I daily languish'd for the Plains I loft ; Yet ev'n the Plains no Pleafure give to me , Except I tend the bleating ...
... Bofom knows , While all Things a new Heav'n of Joy difclofe . STREPHON . How much was I , to leave the Country , croft ! I daily languish'd for the Plains I loft ; Yet ev'n the Plains no Pleafure give to me , Except I tend the bleating ...
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... Bofom rest , Stamp'd on thy Heart , and feal'd within thy Breast ! There nothing can destroy what Love inspires ; Nor Waves , nor Floods can quench th ' eternal Fires : D 3 Love * C. S. 15. t C. s . 12. + C. 2. 3 . C. s . 6 . Love knows ...
... Bofom rest , Stamp'd on thy Heart , and feal'd within thy Breast ! There nothing can destroy what Love inspires ; Nor Waves , nor Floods can quench th ' eternal Fires : D 3 Love * C. S. 15. t C. s . 12. + C. 2. 3 . C. s . 6 . Love knows ...
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... Bofom rove , And my fond Soul fprings full of you and Love . Swift o'er the Waves , it leaves the Seas behind , Spread full the Sails , and belly'd with the Wind : When lo , as nearer to my Sight it drew , A gawdy Scene of Splendour ...
... Bofom rove , And my fond Soul fprings full of you and Love . Swift o'er the Waves , it leaves the Seas behind , Spread full the Sails , and belly'd with the Wind : When lo , as nearer to my Sight it drew , A gawdy Scene of Splendour ...
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... Bofom trifled bare , Or dally'd with the Ringlets of his Hair . Stung with the View , and maden'd at the Deed , I furious , tore the Treffes from my Head ; Wild , down the rugged Precipice I ran , And publish'd my Disorder o'er the ...
... Bofom trifled bare , Or dally'd with the Ringlets of his Hair . Stung with the View , and maden'd at the Deed , I furious , tore the Treffes from my Head ; Wild , down the rugged Precipice I ran , And publish'd my Disorder o'er the ...
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... Bofom preft , As fondly clasp'd him , and as warmly kist ; And as he lies alone , forfaken now , The like new Change of Fortune waits on you . Fair as fhe is , no fteady Soul she knows , For ev'ry new deluding Youth she glows : With ev ...
... Bofom preft , As fondly clasp'd him , and as warmly kist ; And as he lies alone , forfaken now , The like new Change of Fortune waits on you . Fair as fhe is , no fteady Soul she knows , For ev'ry new deluding Youth she glows : With ev ...
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Abfence arife Beauties Bleffings bleft Blifs Bloom blooming Groves Bofom Breaſt bright caft Charms DAMON Daphnis dear Defire Delight diff'rent Ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fafe Fame feems felf fhall fhining fhould figh'd fince fing Fire firſt Flame flow flow'ry fmile foft fome foon ftill fuch fweet fwell gen'rous Genius Glories glow Groves happy Heart Heav'n heav'nly Hills John Joys juſt lafting laſt lefs lov'd Love Mankind melting Mind moſt Mount Ida mourn Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er Numbers Nymph o'er OENONE OVID Paffion Paftoral Pain PARIS Plain pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Pow'r Praife Praiſe PRIAM purſue Rapture raviſh'd rife Robert Rofe Scenes Seafon Senfe Shades ſhall ſhe Shepherd ſhine Silvia's Skie Skies Song Soul ſtay ſtill Streams STREPHON Swain tender thee thefe theſe Things feel thofe Thomas thoſe thou Thought thouſand thro Verfe Verſe VIRG whofe Whoſe William Youth
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Page viii - ... wing, (Her guide now lost) no more attempts to rise, But in low numbers short excursions tries: Content, if hence, th...
Page 129 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Page vi - Ten cenfure wrong, for one who writes amifs ; A fool might once himfelf alone expofe, Now one in verfe makes many more in profe. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go juft alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 154 - Flocks, fecms to be the firft Employment of Mankind, the moft antient Sort of Poetry, was probably Paftoral : 'Tis natural to imagine, that the Leifure of thofe antient Shepherds requiring fome Diverfion, none was fo proper to that folitary Life, as finging, and that in their Songs, they took Occafion...
Page 101 - No doleful fighs in airy circles rove, But all be rapture, blifs, and joy and love ; Without a ruffle, ev'ry moment flow, More gentle than the fofteft breezes blow.
Page xv - Rofes in Hedges, King-cups on the green, Birds in the Woods, and Larks upon the Skies, Say, is't not Spring that makes you all rejoyce?
Page 33 - Swell'd to my Eyes, and melted out in Tears; " My trembling Limbs could fcarce my Weight fuftain, " And Life furpriz'd, ftood paufing with the Pain.
Page 30 - Place for Contemplation, or for Care, To lift the Soul, or pour out fad DeJpair ! And And here lay Cc///'», haplefs Swain!
Page vii - One moral, or a meer well-natur'd Deed Does all Defert in Sciences exceed. Moreover, I can ajjure all my Readers, 'who are not of my Acquaintance, that I am not extravagant...