The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... Confirms her will , or recollects her wiles : Then , confcious of her worth , with eafy pace Glides by the glafs , and turning views her face . A finer A finer flax than what they wrought before , Through PARNELL'S POEMS .
... Confirms her will , or recollects her wiles : Then , confcious of her worth , with eafy pace Glides by the glafs , and turning views her face . A finer A finer flax than what they wrought before , Through PARNELL'S POEMS .
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... turns . Her form to lovely Venus he prefers , Or fwears that Venus ' must be fuch as hers . She , proud to rule , yet strangely fram'd to teaze , Neglects his offers while her airs the plays , Shoots fcornful glances from the bended ...
... turns . Her form to lovely Venus he prefers , Or fwears that Venus ' must be fuch as hers . She , proud to rule , yet strangely fram'd to teaze , Neglects his offers while her airs the plays , Shoots fcornful glances from the bended ...
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... bleed ; " Without his quiver , Cupid caus'd the deed : " He judg'd this turn of malice justly due , " And Hefiod dy'd for joys he never knew . " SONG . G. SON WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and THE RISE OF WOMAN . 13.
... bleed ; " Without his quiver , Cupid caus'd the deed : " He judg'd this turn of malice justly due , " And Hefiod dy'd for joys he never knew . " SONG . G. SON WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and THE RISE OF WOMAN . 13.
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... turn'd , the pulfes beat With new recruits of génial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for all the coming year . Rais'd on a bank where daifies grew , And violets intermix'd a blue , She finds the boy fhe went to find ...
... turn'd , the pulfes beat With new recruits of génial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for all the coming year . Rais'd on a bank where daifies grew , And violets intermix'd a blue , She finds the boy fhe went to find ...
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... turns a treble strain , And from the poplar charms the listening plain , We fancy love expreft at every note , It melts , it warbles , in her liquid throat . Of barbarous Tereus fhe complains no more , But fings for pleasure , as for ...
... turns a treble strain , And from the poplar charms the listening plain , We fancy love expreft at every note , It melts , it warbles , in her liquid throat . Of barbarous Tereus fhe complains no more , But fings for pleasure , as for ...
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