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 262
... once trod , Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high , [ God . " And bids " the pure in heart behold their $ 223 . Epitaph on Mifs Drummond , in the Church of Brodworth , Yorkshire . MASON . HERE fleeps what once was beauty , once was ...
... once trod , Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high , [ God . " And bids " the pure in heart behold their $ 223 . Epitaph on Mifs Drummond , in the Church of Brodworth , Yorkshire . MASON . HERE fleeps what once was beauty , once was ...
Page 343
... Once more unto thy heart ; For fince I have found thee , lovely youth , We never more will part . GAY . $ 91 . Song . Black - eyed Sufan . ALL in the Downs the fleet was moord , The ftreamers waving in the wind , When black - eyed Sufan ...
... Once more unto thy heart ; For fince I have found thee , lovely youth , We never more will part . GAY . $ 91 . Song . Black - eyed Sufan . ALL in the Downs the fleet was moord , The ftreamers waving in the wind , When black - eyed Sufan ...
Page 414
... once omitted eth or ed ; In bath or doth was rarely known to fail , Himself the hero of each little tale . With wits and lords this man was much lighted , And once ( it has been faid ) was near being knighted . lieve him , In fleep ...
... once omitted eth or ed ; In bath or doth was rarely known to fail , Himself the hero of each little tale . With wits and lords this man was much lighted , And once ( it has been faid ) was near being knighted . lieve him , In fleep ...
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