Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue : and with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
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... heav'n refin'd , " Could nought of purity difplay " To emulate his mind . " The dew , the bloffom on the tree , " With charms inconftant fhine ; " Their charms were his ; but , woe to me ! " Their conftancy was mine . " For ftill I try ...
... heav'n refin'd , " Could nought of purity difplay " To emulate his mind . " The dew , the bloffom on the tree , " With charms inconftant fhine ; " Their charms were his ; but , woe to me ! " Their conftancy was mine . " For ftill I try ...
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... heav'n , implor'd the bread That thoufands in the defert fed ! Or , when the heart o'er friendship's grave Sigh'd , or forgot its power to fave ; O for that fympathetic glow Which taught the holy tear to flow ! VIII . It comes it fills ...
... heav'n , implor'd the bread That thoufands in the defert fed ! Or , when the heart o'er friendship's grave Sigh'd , or forgot its power to fave ; O for that fympathetic glow Which taught the holy tear to flow ! VIII . It comes it fills ...
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... Heav'n , When vernal mornings break . IV . Nor let the pride of great ones fcorn This charmer of the plains : That fun who bids her diamond blaze , To paint our lily deigns . V. Long had the fill'd each youth with love , Each maiden ...
... Heav'n , When vernal mornings break . IV . Nor let the pride of great ones fcorn This charmer of the plains : That fun who bids her diamond blaze , To paint our lily deigns . V. Long had the fill'd each youth with love , Each maiden ...
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... Heav'n with fruitless vows , And fruitless forrow fhed . XVII . ' Tis paft , he cry'd - but if your fouls . Sweet mercy yet can move , Let thefe dim eyes once more behold What they must ever love . XVIII . She came his cold hand foftly ...
... Heav'n with fruitless vows , And fruitless forrow fhed . XVII . ' Tis paft , he cry'd - but if your fouls . Sweet mercy yet can move , Let thefe dim eyes once more behold What they must ever love . XVIII . She came his cold hand foftly ...
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... Heav'n's eternal King , Who bid this univerfe from nothing spring , . ! ន Can , at his word , bid num'rous worlds appear , And rifing worlds th ' all - powerful word fhall hear . When to the western main the fun defcends , To other ...
... Heav'n's eternal King , Who bid this univerfe from nothing spring , . ! ន Can , at his word , bid num'rous worlds appear , And rifing worlds th ' all - powerful word fhall hear . When to the western main the fun defcends , To other ...
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æther beauty beft bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaft breath bright charms cheek clouds Corydon DAVID GARRICK defcends diftant e'er earth Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek feen fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhine figh filent filver fing firft fkies fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fwain fweet glories glow grace grove happineſs heart Heav'n hour laft luftre lute lyre mind moffy morn mourn mufe mufic Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions Palemon peace Philomel pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride raife reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſky ſtars ſtate ſtill tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe Whoſe wings youth