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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... heavenly image in the glass appears , To that she bends , to that her eyes she rears ; Th ' inferior priestess , at her altar's side , Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride . Unnumber'd treasures ope at once , and here The various ...
... heavenly image in the glass appears , To that she bends , to that her eyes she rears ; Th ' inferior priestess , at her altar's side , Trembling begins the sacred rites of pride . Unnumber'd treasures ope at once , and here The various ...
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... heavenly breasts with human passions rage ; ' Gainst Pallas , Mars ; Latona , Hermes arms ; And all Olympus rings with loud alarms ; Jove's thunder roars , Heav'n trembles all around , Blue Neptune storms , the bellowing deep resound ...
... heavenly breasts with human passions rage ; ' Gainst Pallas , Mars ; Latona , Hermes arms ; And all Olympus rings with loud alarms ; Jove's thunder roars , Heav'n trembles all around , Blue Neptune storms , the bellowing deep resound ...
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... heavenly smile o'erpay his pains ? No longer shall the 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 ...
... heavenly smile o'erpay his pains ? No longer shall the 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 ...
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... heavenly poison thrilling through thy heart ? If so , with pity view my wretched state , At least , deplore , and then forget my fate ; To some more happy knight reserve thy charms , By Fortune favour'd and successful arms ; And only as ...
... heavenly poison thrilling through thy heart ? If so , with pity view my wretched state , At least , deplore , and then forget my fate ; To some more happy knight reserve thy charms , By Fortune favour'd and successful arms ; And only as ...
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... heavenly comfort's near . " Behind yon hills so steep and high , Down in the lowly glen , There stands a castle fair and strong , Far from th ' abode of men . " As late I chanc'd to crave an alms , About this evening hour , Methought I ...
... heavenly comfort's near . " Behind yon hills so steep and high , Down in the lowly glen , There stands a castle fair and strong , Far from th ' abode of men . " As late I chanc'd to crave an alms , About this evening hour , Methought I ...
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