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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... hour ago fince it was nine ; Thus may we fee , ' quoth he , how the world And after one hour more ' twill be eleven ; And fo from hour to hour we ripe and ripe , And then from hour to hour we rot and rot , And thereby hangs a tale ...
... hour ago fince it was nine ; Thus may we fee , ' quoth he , how the world And after one hour more ' twill be eleven ; And fo from hour to hour we ripe and ripe , And then from hour to hour we rot and rot , And thereby hangs a tale ...
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... hour of my frail life . What ! canft thou not forbear me half an hour ? Then get thee gone and dig my grave thyself , And bid the merry bells ring to thy ear That thou art crowned , not that I am dead . Let all the tears that should ...
... hour of my frail life . What ! canft thou not forbear me half an hour ? Then get thee gone and dig my grave thyself , And bid the merry bells ring to thy ear That thou art crowned , not that I am dead . Let all the tears that should ...
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... hour , Improve each moment as it flies ; Life's a fhort fummer - man a flower , He dies - alas ! How foon he dies ! $ 198 . An EVENING ODE . To Stella . EVENING now from purple wings Sheds the grateful gifts the brings ; Brilliant drops ...
... hour , Improve each moment as it flies ; Life's a fhort fummer - man a flower , He dies - alas ! How foon he dies ! $ 198 . An EVENING ODE . To Stella . EVENING now from purple wings Sheds the grateful gifts the brings ; Brilliant drops ...
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