Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent Poets, Volume 6Wells and Lilly, 1826 - English poetry |
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... Nut - brown Maid be old , Though since her youth three hundred years roll'd : At thy desire she shall again be rais'd , have And her reviving charms in lasting verse be prais'd . No longer man of woman shall complain , That he may love ...
... Nut - brown Maid be old , Though since her youth three hundred years roll'd : At thy desire she shall again be rais'd , have And her reviving charms in lasting verse be prais'd . No longer man of woman shall complain , That he may love ...
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... Nut - brown Maid ; The friends and tenants took the fondling word , ( As still they please who imitate their lord ) Usage confirm'd what fancy had begun ; The mutual terms around the lands were known , And Emma and the Nut - brown Maid ...
... Nut - brown Maid ; The friends and tenants took the fondling word , ( As still they please who imitate their lord ) Usage confirm'd what fancy had begun ; The mutual terms around the lands were known , And Emma and the Nut - brown Maid ...
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... Nut - brown Maid ; Which always bless'd her eyes , and own'd her And bid her oft adieu , yet added more . [ power , Now night advanc'd : the house in sleep were laid , The nurse experienc'd , and the prying maid ; And , last , that ...
... Nut - brown Maid ; Which always bless'd her eyes , and own'd her And bid her oft adieu , yet added more . [ power , Now night advanc'd : the house in sleep were laid , The nurse experienc'd , and the prying maid ; And , last , that ...
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... Nut - brown Maid ; Nor to hard banishment shall Henry run , While careless Emma sleeps on beds of down . View me resolv'd , where'er thou lead'st , to go , Friend to thy pain , and partner of thy wo ; For I attest fair Venus and her son ...
... Nut - brown Maid ; Nor to hard banishment shall Henry run , While careless Emma sleeps on beds of down . View me resolv'd , where'er thou lead'st , to go , Friend to thy pain , and partner of thy wo ; For I attest fair Venus and her son ...
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... Nut - brown Maid ? Let envious Jealousy and canker'd Spite Produce my actions to severest light , And tax my open day or secret night . VOL . VI . 4 * Did e'er my tongue speak my unguarded heart The least BOOK XI . 41 . LARGER POEMS .
... Nut - brown Maid ? Let envious Jealousy and canker'd Spite Produce my actions to severest light , And tax my open day or secret night . VOL . VI . 4 * Did e'er my tongue speak my unguarded heart The least BOOK XI . 41 . LARGER POEMS .
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