Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this Amusement a Substitute for Society, which the Disturbed Situation of the Country Prevented Their Enjoying |
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... whisper'd praise . AT church , with meek and unaffected grace , His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway , And fools , who came to fcoff , remain'd to pray , The service past , around the ...
... whisper'd praise . AT church , with meek and unaffected grace , His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double fway , And fools , who came to fcoff , remain'd to pray , The service past , around the ...
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... whisper circling round , Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Yet he was kind , or if severe in aught , The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The The village all declar'd how much he knew ; ' 8 DESERTED THE.
... whisper circling round , Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Yet he was kind , or if severe in aught , The love he bore to learning was in fault ; The The village all declar'd how much he knew ; ' 8 DESERTED THE.
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... whispers ,,, more fair , وو More sweet than the jessamine's flow'r ! What are pinks , in a morn , to compare ? What is eglantine after a show'r ? Then the lily no longer is white , وو Then the rose is depriv'd of its bloom ; Then the ...
... whispers ,,, more fair , وو More sweet than the jessamine's flow'r ! What are pinks , in a morn , to compare ? What is eglantine after a show'r ? Then the lily no longer is white , وو Then the rose is depriv'd of its bloom ; Then the ...
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... whispers faid , or feem'd to say : Faireft of mortals , thou diftinguish'd care Of thousand bright inhabitants of air ! If e'er one vision touch thy infant thought , Of all the Nurfe and all the Prieft have taught ; Of airy elves by ...
... whispers faid , or feem'd to say : Faireft of mortals , thou diftinguish'd care Of thousand bright inhabitants of air ! If e'er one vision touch thy infant thought , Of all the Nurfe and all the Prieft have taught ; Of airy elves by ...
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... whisper in the dark , When kind occafion prompts their warm defires , When music foftens , and when dancing fires ? ' Tis but their fylph , the wife Celestials know , Tho ' honour is the word with men below . Some nymphs there are , too ...
... whisper in the dark , When kind occafion prompts their warm defires , When music foftens , and when dancing fires ? ' Tis but their fylph , the wife Celestials know , Tho ' honour is the word with men below . Some nymphs there are , too ...
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