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 37
... tears : Thofe at her father's churlifh feet fhe tender'd , With them , upon her knees , her humble felf ; Wringing her hands , whofe whitenefs fo became As if but now they waxed pale for woe . [ them , But neither bended knees , pure ...
... tears : Thofe at her father's churlifh feet fhe tender'd , With them , upon her knees , her humble felf ; Wringing her hands , whofe whitenefs fo became As if but now they waxed pale for woe . [ them , But neither bended knees , pure ...
Page 68
... tears : This cloth thou dipp'dit in blood of my fweet And I with tears do wash the blood away . [ boy , Keep thou the napkin , and go boaft of this : And if thou tell if the heavy ftory right , Upon my foul , the hearers will fhed tears ...
... tears : This cloth thou dipp'dit in blood of my fweet And I with tears do wash the blood away . [ boy , Keep thou the napkin , and go boaft of this : And if thou tell if the heavy ftory right , Upon my foul , the hearers will fhed tears ...
Page 398
... tears fall flow from a more gen'rous caufe , Such tears as patriots fhed for dying laws : He bids your breafts with ancient ardour rife , And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes . Virtue confefs'd in human shape he draws , What ...
... tears fall flow from a more gen'rous caufe , Such tears as patriots fhed for dying laws : He bids your breafts with ancient ardour rife , And calls forth Roman drops from British eyes . Virtue confefs'd in human shape he draws , What ...
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