The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... softly cry'd , " This box thy portion , and myself the bride . " Fir'd with the prospect of the double charms , He fnatch'd the box , and bride , with eager arms . Unhappy Unhappy man ! to whom fo bright she shone , 10 PARNELL'S POEM S.
... softly cry'd , " This box thy portion , and myself the bride . " Fir'd with the prospect of the double charms , He fnatch'd the box , and bride , with eager arms . Unhappy Unhappy man ! to whom fo bright she shone , 10 PARNELL'S POEM S.
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With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Unhappy man ! to whom fo bright she shone , The fatal gift , her tempting self , unknown ! The winds were filent , all the waves asleep , And heaven was trac'd upon the flattering ...
With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical Samuel Johnson. Unhappy man ! to whom fo bright she shone , The fatal gift , her tempting self , unknown ! The winds were filent , all the waves asleep , And heaven was trac'd upon the flattering ...
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... bright , and ( if his verse be true ) The Mufes came to give the laurel too . But what avail'd the verdant prize of wit , If Love swore vengeance for the tales he writ ? Ye Fair offended , hear your friend relate What heavy judgment ...
... bright , and ( if his verse be true ) The Mufes came to give the laurel too . But what avail'd the verdant prize of wit , If Love swore vengeance for the tales he writ ? Ye Fair offended , hear your friend relate What heavy judgment ...
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... bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am aw'd by my fears , So ftrangely you dazzle But when without art , my eye ! Your kind thought you impart , When your love runs in blushes through every vein ; When ...
... bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze , and am aw'd by my fears , So ftrangely you dazzle But when without art , my eye ! Your kind thought you impart , When your love runs in blushes through every vein ; When ...
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... Bright trembling pearls depend at every spray , And , kept from falling , feem to fall away . A gloffy freshnefs hence the rofe receives , And blushes fweet through all her filken leaves ( The drops defcending through the filent night ...
... Bright trembling pearls depend at every spray , And , kept from falling , feem to fall away . A gloffy freshnefs hence the rofe receives , And blushes fweet through all her filken leaves ( The drops defcending through the filent night ...
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