Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Southey to Croly: with Biographical and Critical Notices, Volume 1 |
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... maid : Indignant he rebuked th ' enamoured boy , The flattering promise of his future joy ! He soothed and menaced , anxious to reclaim This hopeless passion , or divert its aim : Oft led the youth where circling joys delight The ravish ...
... maid : Indignant he rebuked th ' enamoured boy , The flattering promise of his future joy ! He soothed and menaced , anxious to reclaim This hopeless passion , or divert its aim : Oft led the youth where circling joys delight The ravish ...
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... maid in virtue's path to guide , Her anxious parents all their cares applied : Her spotless soul , where soft Compassion reign'd , No vice untuned , no sick'ning folly stained . Not fairer grows the lily of the vale , Whose bosom opens ...
... maid in virtue's path to guide , Her anxious parents all their cares applied : Her spotless soul , where soft Compassion reign'd , No vice untuned , no sick'ning folly stained . Not fairer grows the lily of the vale , Whose bosom opens ...
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... maid . O soul of all my wishes ! I replied , Can that soft fabric stem Affliction's tide ! Canst thou , fair emblem of exalted Truth ! To Sorrow doom the summer of thy youth ; And I , perfidious ! all that sweetness see Consign'd to ...
... maid . O soul of all my wishes ! I replied , Can that soft fabric stem Affliction's tide ! Canst thou , fair emblem of exalted Truth ! To Sorrow doom the summer of thy youth ; And I , perfidious ! all that sweetness see Consign'd to ...
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... maid . Far England's genius in the youth exprest , Her ancient foe , but now her friend confest , The warlike nymph with fond regard survey'd : No more his hostile frown her heart dismay'd . Ha look , that once shot terror from afar ...
... maid . Far England's genius in the youth exprest , Her ancient foe , but now her friend confest , The warlike nymph with fond regard survey'd : No more his hostile frown her heart dismay'd . Ha look , that once shot terror from afar ...
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... maid to succour and defend . Say , I this suit implored with parting breath , So Heaven befriend him at his hour of death ! But O , to lovely Anna shouldst thou tell What dire untimely end thy friend befell , Draw o'er the dismal scene ...
... maid to succour and defend . Say , I this suit implored with parting breath , So Heaven befriend him at his hour of death ! But O , to lovely Anna shouldst thou tell What dire untimely end thy friend befell , Draw o'er the dismal scene ...
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