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Page 98
... These set the head , and thofe divide the hair , Some fold the fleeve , while others plait the gown , And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own . HEALTH , Hic jacet et mundè , mundus muliebris abundè ; Spinuta 98 POEMS on feveral ...
... These set the head , and thofe divide the hair , Some fold the fleeve , while others plait the gown , And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own . HEALTH , Hic jacet et mundè , mundus muliebris abundè ; Spinuta 98 POEMS on feveral ...
Page 101
... these as means of toil the feeble fee , But these are helps to pleasure join'd with thee . F 4 Let Let Sloth lie foftning ' till high noon in down POEMS on several OCCASIONS . ΙΟΙ.
... these as means of toil the feeble fee , But these are helps to pleasure join'd with thee . F 4 Let Let Sloth lie foftning ' till high noon in down POEMS on several OCCASIONS . ΙΟΙ.
Page 103
... These soft amusements bring Content along , And fancy , void of forrow , turns to fong . Here beauteous Health for all the year remain , When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again . F 5 The The FLIES . An ECLOGUE . W HEN in the ...
... These soft amusements bring Content along , And fancy , void of forrow , turns to fong . Here beauteous Health for all the year remain , When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again . F 5 The The FLIES . An ECLOGUE . W HEN in the ...
Page 107
... These gentle tunes and whining fongs forbear ; Your trees and whifp'ring breeze , your grove and Your Cupid's quiver , and his mother's dove : [ love , Let bards to business bend their vig'rous wing , And fing but feldom , if they love ...
... These gentle tunes and whining fongs forbear ; Your trees and whifp'ring breeze , your grove and Your Cupid's quiver , and his mother's dove : [ love , Let bards to business bend their vig'rous wing , And fing but feldom , if they love ...
Page 116
... these two , I'll make the fongs of Durfey do . Rent from the corps , on yonder pin , I hang the fcales that brac'd it in ; I hang my ftudious morning gown , And write my own infcription down . " This trophy from the Python won , " This ...
... these two , I'll make the fongs of Durfey do . Rent from the corps , on yonder pin , I hang the fcales that brac'd it in ; I hang my ftudious morning gown , And write my own infcription down . " This trophy from the Python won , " This ...
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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.