Eighteenth-century PoetryPatricia Ann Meyer Spacks, Patricia Meyer Spacks Prentice-Hall, 1964 - 451 pages |
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Page 99
... NIGHT O Trivia Goddess , leave these low abodes , And traverse o'er the wide ethereal roads , Celestial Queen , put on thy robes of light , Now Cynthia named , fair regent of the night . At sight of thee the villain sheathes his sword ...
... NIGHT O Trivia Goddess , leave these low abodes , And traverse o'er the wide ethereal roads , Celestial Queen , put on thy robes of light , Now Cynthia named , fair regent of the night . At sight of thee the villain sheathes his sword ...
Page 137
... nights are borne . Does not quadrille amuse the fair , Night after night , throughout the year ? Vapors and spleen forgot , at play They cheat uncounted hours away . " " My case , " says Will , " then must be hard , By want of skill ...
... nights are borne . Does not quadrille amuse the fair , Night after night , throughout the year ? Vapors and spleen forgot , at play They cheat uncounted hours away . " " My case , " says Will , " then must be hard , By want of skill ...
Page 426
... night . II But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft , That played a dame a shavie : The fiddler raked her fore and aft Behint the chicken cavie ; Her lord , a wight of Homer's craft , Though limpin ' wi ' the spavie , He hirpled up , an ' lap ...
... night . II But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft , That played a dame a shavie : The fiddler raked her fore and aft Behint the chicken cavie ; Her lord , a wight of Homer's craft , Though limpin ' wi ' the spavie , He hirpled up , an ' lap ...
Contents
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Copyright | |
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