Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Southey to Croly: with Biographical and Critical Notices, Volume 1 |
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... beauty's bloom are pale , with mortal shade ! Distilling blood his lovely breast o'erspread , And clogg'd the golden tresses of his head . Not yet the lungs by this pernicious stroke Were wounded , or the vocal organs broke . Down from ...
... beauty's bloom are pale , with mortal shade ! Distilling blood his lovely breast o'erspread , And clogg'd the golden tresses of his head . Not yet the lungs by this pernicious stroke Were wounded , or the vocal organs broke . Down from ...
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... beauty of person and vivacity of intellect . The associates she met with at War- rington were in every way congenial to her mind , and among others , were Drs . Priestley and En- field , with whom she formed an intimate acquaint- ance ...
... beauty of person and vivacity of intellect . The associates she met with at War- rington were in every way congenial to her mind , and among others , were Drs . Priestley and En- field , with whom she formed an intimate acquaint- ance ...
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... Beauty praised , and brutal Strength be fear'd ; But Goodness only can affection move , And love must owe its origin to love Illam quicquid agit , quoquo vestigia flectit , Componit , furtim , subsequiturque decor . TIBUL . Or gentle ...
... Beauty praised , and brutal Strength be fear'd ; But Goodness only can affection move , And love must owe its origin to love Illam quicquid agit , quoquo vestigia flectit , Componit , furtim , subsequiturque decor . TIBUL . Or gentle ...
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... beauty said , and smiled ; — Her rosy breath perfumed the air , And scatter'd sweet contagion there Relenting Nature learn'd to languish , And sicken'd with delightful anguish : - Receive him artless yet and young ; Refine his air , and ...
... beauty said , and smiled ; — Her rosy breath perfumed the air , And scatter'd sweet contagion there Relenting Nature learn'd to languish , And sicken'd with delightful anguish : - Receive him artless yet and young ; Refine his air , and ...
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... Beauty's feet . The earth's fair bosom ; while the streaming veil Of lucid clouds with kind and frequent shade Protects thy modest blooms From his severer blaze . Sweet is thy reign , but short : -The red dog - star Shall scorch thy ...
... Beauty's feet . The earth's fair bosom ; while the streaming veil Of lucid clouds with kind and frequent shade Protects thy modest blooms From his severer blaze . Sweet is thy reign , but short : -The red dog - star Shall scorch thy ...
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