The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... heart ; The wire to curl , the close indented comb To call the locks , that lightly wander , home ; And chief , the mirrour , where the ravish'd maid Beholds and loves her own reflected shade , Fair Flora lent her ftores ; the purpled ...
... heart ; The wire to curl , the close indented comb To call the locks , that lightly wander , home ; And chief , the mirrour , where the ravish'd maid Beholds and loves her own reflected shade , Fair Flora lent her ftores ; the purpled ...
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... heart - alluring fhow ; The fhow prevailing , for the fway contend , And make a fervant where they meet a friend . Thus in a thousand wax - erected forts A loitering race the painful bee fupports ; From fun to fun , from bank to bank he ...
... heart - alluring fhow ; The fhow prevailing , for the fway contend , And make a fervant where they meet a friend . Thus in a thousand wax - erected forts A loitering race the painful bee fupports ; From fun to fun , from bank to bank he ...
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... heart , Then I know you're a woman again . There's a paffion and pride In our fex , fhe reply'd , And thus , might I gratify both , I would do : Still an angel appear to each lover befide , But ftill be a woman to you . SON G. THYRSIS ...
... heart , Then I know you're a woman again . There's a paffion and pride In our fex , fhe reply'd , And thus , might I gratify both , I would do : Still an angel appear to each lover befide , But ftill be a woman to you . SON G. THYRSIS ...
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... the other's heart . S Ο N G. M Y days have been fo wondrous free , The little birds , that fly With careless case from tree to tree , Were but as blefs'd as I. Ask Ask gliding waters , if a tear Of mine increas'd S O N G. 15 ..
... the other's heart . S Ο N G. M Y days have been fo wondrous free , The little birds , that fly With careless case from tree to tree , Were but as blefs'd as I. Ask Ask gliding waters , if a tear Of mine increas'd S O N G. 15 ..
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... heart , To make my Nancy mine . The very thought of change I hate , As much as of despair ; Nor ever covet to be great , Unless it bé for her . ' Tis true , the paffion in my mind Is mix'd with foft diftrefs ; Yet , while the fair I ...
... heart , To make my Nancy mine . The very thought of change I hate , As much as of despair ; Nor ever covet to be great , Unless it bé for her . ' Tis true , the paffion in my mind Is mix'd with foft diftrefs ; Yet , while the fair I ...
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