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... fays Cælia , fay no more ; For fhou'd the fwain but one adore , That fpite which broke his chains before , Wou'd break the other's heart . MY SONG . Y days have been so wond'rous free , The little birds that fly . With careless eafe ...
... fays Cælia , fay no more ; For fhou'd the fwain but one adore , That fpite which broke his chains before , Wou'd break the other's heart . MY SONG . Y days have been so wond'rous free , The little birds that fly . With careless eafe ...
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... fays Love , who call'd me near , How much I deal with Nature here , How both fupport a proper part , She gives the feather , I the dart : Then cease for fouls averfe to figh , If Nature crofs ye , so do I ; My weapon there unfeather'd ...
... fays Love , who call'd me near , How much I deal with Nature here , How both fupport a proper part , She gives the feather , I the dart : Then cease for fouls averfe to figh , If Nature crofs ye , so do I ; My weapon there unfeather'd ...
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... fay , The mines were here : Shou'd fome rich youth ( if nature warm his heart , And all his projects ftand inform'd with art ) Here clear the caves , there ope the leading vein ; The mines detected , flame with gold again . How vaft ...
... fay , The mines were here : Shou'd fome rich youth ( if nature warm his heart , And all his projects ftand inform'd with art ) Here clear the caves , there ope the leading vein ; The mines detected , flame with gold again . How vaft ...
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... paffion for his dif- appointment . Being now left to my friend , I went back with him at his defire , that I might know the meaning of those words which so affright- ed me . As As we went along , to inform you , fays 176 VISION III .
... paffion for his dif- appointment . Being now left to my friend , I went back with him at his defire , that I might know the meaning of those words which so affright- ed me . As As we went along , to inform you , fays 176 VISION III .
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Thomas Parnell Alexander Pope. As we went along , to inform you , fays he , with whom you have this adventure , my name is Reproof , and his Reproach , both born of the fame mother , but of different fathers . Truth is our common pa ...
Thomas Parnell Alexander Pope. As we went along , to inform you , fays he , with whom you have this adventure , my name is Reproof , and his Reproach , both born of the fame mother , but of different fathers . Truth is our common pa ...
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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.