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... A Locrian youth , the gentle Troilus hie , A fair Milesian , kind Evanthe she : But swelling nature in a fatal hour * Betray'd the secrets of the conscious bower ; The dire disgrace her brothers count their own , And track her steps ...
... A Locrian youth , the gentle Troilus hie , A fair Milesian , kind Evanthe she : But swelling nature in a fatal hour * Betray'd the secrets of the conscious bower ; The dire disgrace her brothers count their own , And track her steps ...
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I N , N Britain's ifle , and Arthur's days , When midnight Fairies daunc'd the maze , Liy'd Edwin of the Green ; Edwin , I wis , a gentle youth , Endow'd with courage , sense , and truth ; Though badly shap'd he'd been .
I N , N Britain's ifle , and Arthur's days , When midnight Fairies daunc'd the maze , Liy'd Edwin of the Green ; Edwin , I wis , a gentle youth , Endow'd with courage , sense , and truth ; Though badly shap'd he'd been .
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And full against the beam he flung , Where by the back the youth he hung To spraul unneath the roof . From theņće , “ Reverse my charm , he cries , w And let it fairly now fuffice “ The gambol has been shown . " But Oberon answers with ...
And full against the beam he flung , Where by the back the youth he hung To spraul unneath the roof . From theņće , “ Reverse my charm , he cries , w And let it fairly now fuffice “ The gambol has been shown . " But Oberon answers with ...
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1 1 ; With lusty livelyhed he talks , He seems a dauncing as he walks , His story foon took wind ; And beauteous Edith sees the youth Endow'd with courage , sense , and truth ,, Without a bunch behind . a The story told , Sir Topaz ...
1 1 ; With lusty livelyhed he talks , He seems a dauncing as he walks , His story foon took wind ; And beauteous Edith sees the youth Endow'd with courage , sense , and truth ,, Without a bunch behind . a The story told , Sir Topaz ...
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Decoy'd by shows , the Sabine dames she led , And taught our vigorous youth the Hence sprung the Romans , hence the race divine Through which great Cæsar draws his Julian line , Let those love now , who never lov'd before ; Let those ...
Decoy'd by shows , the Sabine dames she led , And taught our vigorous youth the Hence sprung the Romans , hence the race divine Through which great Cæsar draws his Julian line , Let those love now , who never lov'd before ; Let those ...
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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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