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 74
... grief . Conf . He talks to me , that never had a fon.- K.Phil . You are as fond of grief as of your child . Conft.Grief fills the room up of my abfent child , Lies in his bed , walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks ...
... grief . Conf . He talks to me , that never had a fon.- K.Phil . You are as fond of grief as of your child . Conft.Grief fills the room up of my abfent child , Lies in his bed , walks up and down with me ; Puts on his pretty looks ...
Page 93
... Grief . Each fubftance of a grief hath twenty fhadows , Which fhew like grief itself , but are not fo : For forrow's eye , glazed with blinding tears , Divides one thing entire to many objects ; Like perfpectives , which , rightly gaz`d ...
... Grief . Each fubftance of a grief hath twenty fhadows , Which fhew like grief itself , but are not fo : For forrow's eye , glazed with blinding tears , Divides one thing entire to many objects ; Like perfpectives , which , rightly gaz`d ...
Page 140
... grief- [ welcome Thef . Is this a time for grief ? is this my To air , to life , to liberty , and Crete ? Not this I hop'd , when , urg'd by ardent love , I wing'd my eager way to Phædra's arms ; Then , to my thoughts , relenting Phædra ...
... grief- [ welcome Thef . Is this a time for grief ? is this my To air , to life , to liberty , and Crete ? Not this I hop'd , when , urg'd by ardent love , I wing'd my eager way to Phædra's arms ; Then , to my thoughts , relenting Phædra ...
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