The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... nature , all the art of love . Gold fcepter'd Juno next exalts the fair ; Her touch endows her with imperious air , Self - valuing fancy , highly - crefted pride , Strong fovereign will , and fome defire to chide ; For which , an ...
... nature , all the art of love . Gold fcepter'd Juno next exalts the fair ; Her touch endows her with imperious air , Self - valuing fancy , highly - crefted pride , Strong fovereign will , and fome defire to chide ; For which , an ...
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... nature wore a fickly face : New terms of folly rofe , new ftates of care ; New plagues , to fuffer , and to please , the Fair ! The days of whining , and of wild intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The ...
... nature wore a fickly face : New terms of folly rofe , new ftates of care ; New plagues , to fuffer , and to please , the Fair ! The days of whining , and of wild intrigues , Commenc'd , or finish'd , with the breach of leagues ; The ...
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... nature in a fatal hour ́Betray'd the secrets of the conscious bower ; The dire difgrace her brothers count their own , And track her steps , to make its author known . It chanc'd one evening , ' t was the lover's : I It 12 PARNELL'S ...
... nature in a fatal hour ́Betray'd the secrets of the conscious bower ; The dire difgrace her brothers count their own , And track her steps , to make its author known . It chanc'd one evening , ' t was the lover's : I It 12 PARNELL'S ...
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... nature , all of art , Affift the dear defign ; O teach a young , unpractis'd 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 ...
... nature , all of art , Affift the dear defign ; O teach a young , unpractis'd 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 ...
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... Nature went to meet with Love . Green was her robe , and green her wreath , Where - e'er fhe trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the turn'd , the pulfes beat With new recruits of génial heat ; And in her train the birds appear ...
... Nature went to meet with Love . Green was her robe , and green her wreath , Where - e'er fhe trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the turn'd , the pulfes beat With new recruits of génial heat ; And in her train the birds appear ...
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