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 73
... fhould go in queft of beauty , Where fhou'd he find it fairer than in Blanch ? If zealous love fhould go in fearch of virtue , Where fhou'd he find it fairer than in Bianch ? If love , ambitious , fought a match of birth , Whose veins ...
... fhould go in queft of beauty , Where fhou'd he find it fairer than in Blanch ? If zealous love fhould go in fearch of virtue , Where fhou'd he find it fairer than in Bianch ? If love , ambitious , fought a match of birth , Whose veins ...
Page 321
... fhould we in vain Each other's ruin thus purfue ? We were undone when we left you . With a fa , & c . But now our fears tempeftuous grow , And caft our hopes away ; Whilft you , regardless of our woe , Sit carelefs at a play : Perhaps ...
... fhould we in vain Each other's ruin thus purfue ? We were undone when we left you . With a fa , & c . But now our fears tempeftuous grow , And caft our hopes away ; Whilft you , regardless of our woe , Sit carelefs at a play : Perhaps ...
Page 344
... fhould tear , Which never fhould offend your ear , But that you bid me tell ? ' Tis thus I rove , ' tis thus complain , Since you appear'd upon the plain , You are the caufe of all my care : Your eyes ten thoufand dangers dart , Ten ...
... fhould tear , Which never fhould offend your ear , But that you bid me tell ? ' Tis thus I rove , ' tis thus complain , Since you appear'd upon the plain , You are the caufe of all my care : Your eyes ten thoufand dangers dart , Ten ...
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