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... facred virgins whom the Bards revere , Tun'd all her voice , and shed a sweetness there , To make her fenfe with double .charms abound , Or make her lively nonsense pleafe by found . To drefs the maid , the decent Graces brought A robe ...
... facred virgins whom the Bards revere , Tun'd all her voice , and shed a sweetness there , To make her fenfe with double .charms abound , Or make her lively nonsense pleafe by found . To drefs the maid , the decent Graces brought A robe ...
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... find ; Ah fear the thousand , yet unnam❜d behind ! Thus on Parnaffus tuneful Hefiod fung , The mountain echo'd , and the valley rung , The 1 The facred groves a fix'd attention show , The chryftal POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 17.
... find ; Ah fear the thousand , yet unnam❜d behind ! Thus on Parnaffus tuneful Hefiod fung , The mountain echo'd , and the valley rung , The 1 The facred groves a fix'd attention show , The chryftal POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS . 17.
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Thomas Parnell Alexander Pope. The facred groves a fix'd attention show , The chryftal Helicon forbore to flow , The sky grew bright , and ( if his verse be true ) The Muses came to give the laurel too . But what avail'd the verdant ...
Thomas Parnell Alexander Pope. The facred groves a fix'd attention show , The chryftal Helicon forbore to flow , The sky grew bright , and ( if his verse be true ) The Muses came to give the laurel too . But what avail'd the verdant ...
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... facred lawn with savage blood . " Venus , O Delia ! if she could perfuade , " Wou'd ask thy prefence , might she ask a maid . ” Here chearful quires for three aufpicious nights With fongs prolong the pleasurable rites : Here crouds in ...
... facred lawn with savage blood . " Venus , O Delia ! if she could perfuade , " Wou'd ask thy prefence , might she ask a maid . ” Here chearful quires for three aufpicious nights With fongs prolong the pleasurable rites : Here crouds in ...
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... facred fire , Ye tuneful Nine , ye fweet celeftial quire ! From Helicon's imbow'ring height repair , Attend my labours , and reward my pray❜r . The dreadful toils of raging Mars I write , The springs of conteft , and the fields of ...
... facred fire , Ye tuneful Nine , ye fweet celeftial quire ! From Helicon's imbow'ring height repair , Attend my labours , and reward my pray❜r . The dreadful toils of raging Mars I write , The springs of conteft , and the fields of ...
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Ægypt againſt appear aſk beauty becauſe bluſhes caft Callimachus cauſe cloſe Comus Cras amet croud defign defire dreft eaſe eaſy envy ev'ry eyes fable facred fafe faid fame faſhion fays feat feem feem'd fhade fhall fhew fhould fide fight filent filver fince fing firſt flain fome fomething fometimes fong foul Frogs ftill fuch fung glaſs Gods guife heart himſelf HOMER houſe Iliad Ipfa itſelf Jove laft lefs Let thofe love loft Macedon Mice moſt Moufe Mouſe mufic Muſe muſt nature never lov'd numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved Ovid paffage paffion Pallas paſs pleaſe pleaſure poet Pow'r praiſe quique amavit raiſe reaſon reft rife roſe ſcene ſhades ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſky ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro tion tranflation Twas uſe whofe whoſe youth ZOILUS
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Page 98 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 142 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Page 98 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The...
Page 136 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 137 - Deep sunk in sleep, and silk, and heaps of down. At length 'tis morn, and at the dawn of day Along the wide canals the zephyrs play ; Fresh o'er the gay parterres the breezes creep.
Page 131 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
Page 138 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
Page 96 - And decks the goddess with the glitt'ring spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled, and the white.
Page 41 - Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay, Till up the welkin rose the...
Page 38 - Through all the land before. But soon as Dan Apollo rose, Full jolly creature home he goes, He feels his back the less ; His honest tongue and steady mind Had rid him of the lump behind, Which made him want success.