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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... fmiling foul was caught in rapture's flame , While facred ardour glow'd in ev'ry vein : Methought applauding angels fung my name , And Heaven's unfullied glories gilt the fane . This temporary transport foon expir'd , My drooping heart ...
... fmiling foul was caught in rapture's flame , While facred ardour glow'd in ev'ry vein : Methought applauding angels fung my name , And Heaven's unfullied glories gilt the fane . This temporary transport foon expir'd , My drooping heart ...
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... fmiling infant in his hand fhall take The crefted bafiti and fpeckled fake , Pleas'd the green luftre of the fcales furvey , And with their forky tongue fhall innocently play . Rife , crown'd with light , imperial Salem , rite ! Exalt ...
... fmiling infant in his hand fhall take The crefted bafiti and fpeckled fake , Pleas'd the green luftre of the fcales furvey , And with their forky tongue fhall innocently play . Rife , crown'd with light , imperial Salem , rite ! Exalt ...
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... fmiling patience in her Icoks , she went To glean Palemon's fields . The pride of fwains Palemon was ! the generous , and the rich ! Who led the rural life in all its joy And elegance , fuch as Arcadian fong Tranfmits from ancient ...
... fmiling patience in her Icoks , she went To glean Palemon's fields . The pride of fwains Palemon was ! the generous , and the rich ! Who led the rural life in all its joy And elegance , fuch as Arcadian fong Tranfmits from ancient ...
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... fmiling morn With thy bright circlet , praife him in thy sphere , While day arifes , that fweet hour of prime . Thou fun , of this great world both eye and foul , Acknowledge him thy greater ; found his praife , In thy eternal courfe ...
... fmiling morn With thy bright circlet , praife him in thy sphere , While day arifes , that fweet hour of prime . Thou fun , of this great world both eye and foul , Acknowledge him thy greater ; found his praife , In thy eternal courfe ...
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... fmiling prattter hung , Till , what his throbbing heart fuggefted , to Thefe accents trembled from his tongues " My youth's first hope , my manhood's treafure , 104 . SELECT POEMS . Corydon, a Paftoral, Cunningham 991 The Day of ...
... fmiling prattter hung , Till , what his throbbing heart fuggefted , to Thefe accents trembled from his tongues " My youth's first hope , my manhood's treafure , 104 . SELECT POEMS . Corydon, a Paftoral, Cunningham 991 The Day of ...
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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