Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue : and with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
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... foft'ning ' till high noon in down , Or lolling fan her in the fultry town , Unnerv'd with reft , and turn her own disease , Or fofter others in luxurious ease ; I mount the courfer , call the deep mouth'd hounds , The fox unkennell'd ...
... foft'ning ' till high noon in down , Or lolling fan her in the fultry town , Unnerv'd with reft , and turn her own disease , Or fofter others in luxurious ease ; I mount the courfer , call the deep mouth'd hounds , The fox unkennell'd ...
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... foft amufements bring content along , And fancy , void of forrow , turns to fong . Here , beauteous Health ! for all the year remain : When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again . EDWIN AND ANGELINA . A BALLAD . BY DR . SELECT ...
... foft amufements bring content along , And fancy , void of forrow , turns to fong . Here , beauteous Health ! for all the year remain : When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again . EDWIN AND ANGELINA . A BALLAD . BY DR . SELECT ...
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... foft lute he play'd ; But the foft lute refresh'd the lovely maid : Confpiring elms their umbrage spread around , Wav'd with applaufe , and liften'd to the found . Sweet Philomel , the chorister of love , The mufical enchantress of the ...
... foft lute he play'd ; But the foft lute refresh'd the lovely maid : Confpiring elms their umbrage spread around , Wav'd with applaufe , and liften'd to the found . Sweet Philomel , the chorister of love , The mufical enchantress of the ...
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... foft'ning founds , and fadly pleasing strains , Breathe out the lover's joys , and lover's pains . He fung ; and ceas'd hier rival notes to hear , As his dy'd lift'ning in the ambient air . But now , too late , her noble folly found ...
... foft'ning founds , and fadly pleasing strains , Breathe out the lover's joys , and lover's pains . He fung ; and ceas'd hier rival notes to hear , As his dy'd lift'ning in the ambient air . But now , too late , her noble folly found ...
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... foft , its filken wings . XVI . Not a leaf has leave to stir , Nature's lull'd - ferene - and still Quiet e'en the fhepherd's cur , Sleeping on the heath - clad hill . XVII . Languid is the landscape round , Till the fresh descending ...
... foft , its filken wings . XVI . Not a leaf has leave to stir , Nature's lull'd - ferene - and still Quiet e'en the fhepherd's cur , Sleeping on the heath - clad hill . XVII . Languid is the landscape round , Till the fresh descending ...
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æther beauty beneath beſtow bids bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath charms cheek clouds DAVID GARRICK defcends deſpair e'er earth eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhine figh filent filver fing flame fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fwain fweet glories glow grace grove heart Heav'n hour laft luftre lyre mind moffy morn mourn mufe mufic muſt Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions pain Palemon peace pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride refign'd reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe whoſe wings youth