Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 134
... charms . Now , now he clafps her to his panting breast , Now he devours her with his eager eyes , Now grafps her hands , and now he looks , and [ Ifmena . The dear falfe things that charm'd the the poor He comes ; be ftill , my heart ...
... charms . Now , now he clafps her to his panting breast , Now he devours her with his eager eyes , Now grafps her hands , and now he looks , and [ Ifmena . The dear falfe things that charm'd the the poor He comes ; be ftill , my heart ...
Page 135
... charms , The bleft Adonis languifh'd in her arms ; His idle horn on fragrant myrtles hung , His arrows scatter'd , and his bow unftrung : Obfcure in coverts lie his dreaming hounds , And bay the fancy'd boar with feeble founds ; For ...
... charms , The bleft Adonis languifh'd in her arms ; His idle horn on fragrant myrtles hung , His arrows scatter'd , and his bow unftrung : Obfcure in coverts lie his dreaming hounds , And bay the fancy'd boar with feeble founds ; For ...
Page 327
... charms unite , How perfect is the view , With every image of delight , With graces ever new ! Of power to charm the greatest woe , The wildest rage controul ; Diffufing mildness o'er the brow , And rapture thro ' the foul . Their power ...
... charms unite , How perfect is the view , With every image of delight , With graces ever new ! Of power to charm the greatest woe , The wildest rage controul ; Diffufing mildness o'er the brow , And rapture thro ' the foul . Their power ...
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