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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... ev'ry nerve , and quivers on her wings ; In vain , her finking fpirits fade away , And in a tuneful agony decay : Dying the fell , and as the ftrains expire , Breath'd cut her foul in anguish on the lyre ; Diffolv'd in tranfport , fhe ...
... ev'ry nerve , and quivers on her wings ; In vain , her finking fpirits fade away , And in a tuneful agony decay : Dying the fell , and as the ftrains expire , Breath'd cut her foul in anguish on the lyre ; Diffolv'd in tranfport , fhe ...
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... ev'ry weeping friend , A thoughtless victim to the temple led , And ( blufh , ye parents ! ) by a father's hand . Yet then what folemn fcenes deceiv'd my choice , The pealing organ's animating found , The choral virgins ' captivating ...
... ev'ry weeping friend , A thoughtless victim to the temple led , And ( blufh , ye parents ! ) by a father's hand . Yet then what folemn fcenes deceiv'd my choice , The pealing organ's animating found , The choral virgins ' captivating ...
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... ev'ry place ; Arrays each virtue in the darkeft hue , Chills ev'ry prayer , and cancels ev'ry grace . I meet her ever in the cheerlefs cell , The gloomy grotto , and unfocial wood : I hear her ever in the midnight bell , The hollow ...
... ev'ry place ; Arrays each virtue in the darkeft hue , Chills ev'ry prayer , and cancels ev'ry grace . I meet her ever in the cheerlefs cell , The gloomy grotto , and unfocial wood : I hear her ever in the midnight bell , The hollow ...
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... ev'ry thape you please . Now wrapt in fome mysterious dream , A lone philofopher you feem ; Now quick from hill to vale you fly , And now you fweep the vaulted ky , A fhepherd next , you haunt the plain , And warble forth your oaten ...
... ev'ry thape you please . Now wrapt in fome mysterious dream , A lone philofopher you feem ; Now quick from hill to vale you fly , And now you fweep the vaulted ky , A fhepherd next , you haunt the plain , And warble forth your oaten ...
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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