The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 44Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... 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 ; The dire difgrace her brothers count their own , And track her steps , to make its ...
... 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 ; The dire difgrace her brothers count their own , And track her steps , to make its ...
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... youth , Endow'd with courage , fenfe , and truth , Though badly shap'd he'd been . His mountain back mote well be faid , To measure height against his head , And lift itself above ; Yet , fpite of all that Nature did To make his uncouth ...
... youth , Endow'd with courage , fenfe , and truth , Though badly shap'd he'd been . His mountain back mote well be faid , To measure height against his head , And lift itself above ; Yet , fpite of all that Nature did To make his uncouth ...
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... youth he hung To fpraul unneath the roof . From thence , « Reverse my charm , he cries , " And let it fairly now fuffice " The gambol has been fhown . " But Oberon anfwers with a fmile , " Content thee Edwin for a while , " The vantage ...
... youth he hung To fpraul unneath the roof . From thence , « Reverse my charm , he cries , " And let it fairly now fuffice " The gambol has been fhown . " But Oberon anfwers with a fmile , " Content thee Edwin for a while , " The vantage ...
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... youth . Endow'd with courage , fenfe , and truth , Without a bunch behind . The story told , Sir Topaz mov'd , The youth of Edith erst approv❜d , To fee the revel scene : At close of eve he leaves his home , And wends to find the ruin ...
... youth . Endow'd with courage , fenfe , and truth , Without a bunch behind . The story told , Sir Topaz mov'd , The youth of Edith erst approv❜d , To fee the revel scene : At close of eve he leaves his home , And wends to find the ruin ...
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... youth the way to wed . Hence fprung the Romans , hence the race divine Through which great Cæfar draws his Julian line . Let thofe love now , who never lov'd before ; Let thofe who always lov'd , now love the more . In rural feats the ...
... youth the way to wed . Hence fprung the Romans , hence the race divine Through which great Cæfar draws his Julian line . Let thofe love now , who never lov'd before ; Let thofe who always lov'd , now love the more . In rural feats the ...
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