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 122
... heart , Vent all its griefs , and give a loose to sorrow , Marcia could answer thee in fighs , keep pace With all thy woes , and count out tear for tear . Luc . I know thou ' rt doom'd alike to be be- lov'd By Juba , and thy father's ...
... heart , Vent all its griefs , and give a loose to sorrow , Marcia could answer thee in fighs , keep pace With all thy woes , and count out tear for tear . Luc . I know thou ' rt doom'd alike to be be- lov'd By Juba , and thy father's ...
Page 346
... heart is ftill the fame ; And heal each idle anxious care Our fears in abfence frame ? Thus , Delia , thus I paint ... heart , if this be love ? Whene'er she speaks , my ravish'd ear No other voice but her's can hear ; No other wit but ...
... heart is ftill the fame ; And heal each idle anxious care Our fears in abfence frame ? Thus , Delia , thus I paint ... heart , if this be love ? Whene'er she speaks , my ravish'd ear No other voice but her's can hear ; No other wit but ...
Page 435
... heart our own afflictions prefs ? When our own friend , when Henderson expires , And from the tomb one parting pang requires ! In yonder Abbey fhall he reft his head , And on this fpot no virtuous drop be shed ? You will indulge our ...
... heart our own afflictions prefs ? When our own friend , when Henderson expires , And from the tomb one parting pang requires ! In yonder Abbey fhall he reft his head , And on this fpot no virtuous drop be shed ? You will indulge our ...
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