The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... tender pair , for amorous play Retiring , toy'd the ravifh'd hours away ; A Locrian youth , the gentle Troilus he , A fair Milefian , kind Evanthe fhe : But fwelling nature in a fatal hour ́Betray'd the secrets of the conscious bower ...
... tender pair , for amorous play Retiring , toy'd the ravifh'd hours away ; A Locrian youth , the gentle Troilus he , A fair Milefian , kind Evanthe fhe : But fwelling nature in a fatal hour ́Betray'd the secrets of the conscious bower ...
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... tender chains of fweet defire Are fix'd upon my thought . Ye nightingales , ye twisting pines ! Ye fwains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes , breezy winds ! Ye clofe retreats of love ! With all of nature , all of art , Affift the ...
... tender chains of fweet defire Are fix'd upon my thought . Ye nightingales , ye twisting pines ! Ye fwains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes , breezy winds ! Ye clofe retreats of love ! With all of nature , all of art , Affift the ...
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... tender love . And shall they venture ? Is it safe to go , While Nymphs have hearts , and Cupid wears a bow ? Yes , fafely venture , ' tis his mother's will ; He walks unarm'd , and undefigning ill , His torch extinct , his quiver ...
... tender love . And shall they venture ? Is it safe to go , While Nymphs have hearts , and Cupid wears a bow ? Yes , fafely venture , ' tis his mother's will ; He walks unarm'd , and undefigning ill , His torch extinct , his quiver ...
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... tender grafs in shaded alleys spread , Let early flowers erect their painted head , To - morrow's glory be to - morrow . seen , That day , old Ether wedded Earth in gree The vernal father bid the Spring appear , In clouds he coupled to ...
... tender grafs in shaded alleys spread , Let early flowers erect their painted head , To - morrow's glory be to - morrow . seen , That day , old Ether wedded Earth in gree The vernal father bid the Spring appear , In clouds he coupled to ...
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... seat , He came to perish on the bank of fate . The dread Pternoglyphus demands the fight , Which tender Calaminthius fhuns by flight , 2 Drops Drops the green target , fpringing quits the foe , 484 PARNELL'S POE M.S..
... seat , He came to perish on the bank of fate . The dread Pternoglyphus demands the fight , Which tender Calaminthius fhuns by flight , 2 Drops Drops the green target , fpringing quits the foe , 484 PARNELL'S POE M.S..
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