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... , ye wanton pens , beware How heav'n's concern'd to vindicate the Fair . The cafe was Hefiod's ; he the fable writ ; Some think with meaning , fome with idle wit : B 5 Perhaps Perhaps ' tis either , as the Ladies please ; [ 7 ]
... , ye wanton pens , beware How heav'n's concern'd to vindicate the Fair . The cafe was Hefiod's ; he the fable writ ; Some think with meaning , fome with idle wit : B 5 Perhaps Perhaps ' tis either , as the Ladies please ; [ 7 ]
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Thomas Parnell Alexander Pope. Perhaps ' tis either , as the Ladies please ; I wave the conteft , and commence the lays . In days of yore , ( no matter where or when , ' Twas ere the low creation fwarm'd with men ) That one Prometheus ...
Thomas Parnell Alexander Pope. Perhaps ' tis either , as the Ladies please ; I wave the conteft , and commence the lays . In days of yore , ( no matter where or when , ' Twas ere the low creation fwarm'd with men ) That one Prometheus ...
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... please with heart - alluring show , The show prevailing , for the sway contend , And make a fervant where they meet a friend . Thus in a thousand wax - erected forts A loitering race the painful bee supports , From From fun to fun ...
... please with heart - alluring show , The show prevailing , for the sway contend , And make a fervant where they meet a friend . Thus in a thousand wax - erected forts A loitering race the painful bee supports , From From fun to fun ...
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... please , the Fair ! The days of whining , and of wild intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The mean defigns of well - diffembled love ; The fordid matches never join'd above ; Abroad the labour , and at ...
... please , the Fair ! The days of whining , and of wild intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The mean defigns of well - diffembled love ; The fordid matches never join'd above ; Abroad the labour , and at ...
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... please the sprightly God , Each sweet engaging Grace Put on fone cloaths to come abroad , And took a waiter's place . Then Cupid nam'd at every glass , A lady of the fky ; While Bacchus fwore he'd drink the lafs , And had it bumper ...
... please the sprightly God , Each sweet engaging Grace Put on fone cloaths to come abroad , And took a waiter's place . Then Cupid nam'd at every glass , A lady of the fky ; While Bacchus fwore he'd drink the lafs , And had it bumper ...
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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.