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... the deed : “ He judg'd this turn of malice justly due , " And Hesiod dy'd for joys he never knew . " SONG , S 0 N G. . . WHEN thy beauty appears THE RISE OF WOMAN . 13.
... the deed : “ He judg'd this turn of malice justly due , " And Hesiod dy'd for joys he never knew . " SONG , S 0 N G. . . WHEN thy beauty appears THE RISE OF WOMAN . 13.
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WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and airs , All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze ... might I gratify both , I would do : Still an angel appear to each lover beside , But still be a woman to you .
WHEN thy beauty appears In its graces and airs , All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky ; At distance I gaze ... might I gratify both , I would do : Still an angel appear to each lover beside , But still be a woman to you .
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Green was her robe , and green her wreathie Where - e'er the trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the tarn'd , the pulses beat With new recruits of genial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for all the coming ...
Green was her robe , and green her wreathie Where - e'er the trod , ' t was green beneath ; Where - e'er the tarn'd , the pulses beat With new recruits of genial heat ; And in her train the birds appear , To match for all the coming ...
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The spring , the new , the warbling spring appears , The youthful season of reviving years ; In spring the loves enkindle mutual heats , The feather'd nation chuse their tuneful mates , The trees grow fruitful with descending rain ...
The spring , the new , the warbling spring appears , The youthful season of reviving years ; In spring the loves enkindle mutual heats , The feather'd nation chuse their tuneful mates , The trees grow fruitful with descending rain ...
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Gay with the bloom of all her opening year , The Queen at Hybla bids : her throne appear ; And there prefides ; and there the favourite band ( Her smiling graces ) share the great command . Now , beauteous Hybla ! dress thy flowery beds ...
Gay with the bloom of all her opening year , The Queen at Hybla bids : her throne appear ; And there prefides ; and there the favourite band ( Her smiling graces ) share the great command . Now , beauteous Hybla ! dress thy flowery beds ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44 The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, 1779 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2011 |
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