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... crouds of fuitors Atalanta try'd , 75 She wealth and beauty , wit and fame , defy'd ; Each daring lover with adventurous pace Pursued his wishes in the dangerous race ; Like the fwift hind , the bounding damfel flies , Strains to the ...
... crouds of fuitors Atalanta try'd , 75 She wealth and beauty , wit and fame , defy'd ; Each daring lover with adventurous pace Pursued his wishes in the dangerous race ; Like the fwift hind , the bounding damfel flies , Strains to the ...
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... crouds , and various cheats . Then fad he fung " the Children in the Wood : " ( Ah , barbarous uncle , ftain'd with infant blood ! ) How blackberries they pluck'd in defarts wild , And fearless at the glittering faulchion fmil'd ; Their ...
... crouds , and various cheats . Then fad he fung " the Children in the Wood : " ( Ah , barbarous uncle , ftain'd with infant blood ! ) How blackberries they pluck'd in defarts wild , And fearless at the glittering faulchion fmil'd ; Their ...
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... crouds with prudence to decline , When to affert the wall , and when refign , I fing : Thou , Trivia , Goddess , aid my fong , Through fpacious ftrects conduct thy bard along ; By thee tranfported , I fecurely ftray Where winding alleys ...
... crouds with prudence to decline , When to affert the wall , and when refign , I fing : Thou , Trivia , Goddess , aid my fong , Through fpacious ftrects conduct thy bard along ; By thee tranfported , I fecurely ftray Where winding alleys ...
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... crouds the flying game pursue . Thus , as you roll the ball o'er fnowy ground , The gathering globe augments with every round . But whither shall I run ? the throng draws nigh , The ball now skims the street , now foars on high ; The ...
... crouds the flying game pursue . Thus , as you roll the ball o'er fnowy ground , The gathering globe augments with every round . But whither shall I run ? the throng draws nigh , The ball now skims the street , now foars on high ; The ...
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... crouds heap'd on crouds appear , And wait impatient till the road grow clear . Now all the pavement founds with trampling feet , And the mix'd hurry barricades the street . Entangled here , the waggon's lengthen'd team Cracks the tough ...
... crouds heap'd on crouds appear , And wait impatient till the road grow clear . Now all the pavement founds with trampling feet , And the mix'd hurry barricades the street . Entangled here , the waggon's lengthen'd team Cracks the tough ...
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ACIS AND GALATEA Alcmena arms Blouzelind boaſt bofom breaft charms cheek Cloacina coach crouds CUDDY dame damfel defcend DORIS ECLOGUE EPISTLE erft Ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fecret feems feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhould fhow fide Fidelio fighs filver fing firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep flies flow flowers fmiles foft fome fong foon forrow foul ftands ftill ftrains ftreams fuch fudden fung fure fwain fweet fwelling Galanthis Goddefs grace guife hand heart laft LOBBIN CLOUT loft Lubberkin maid Molly Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion pafs plain pleaſure praiſe prefent pride purſue Quadrille raiſe refound rife rofe round ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtreet ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou trembling Twas verſe VIRG Whofe Whoſe youth
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Page 8 - When if an infeft fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from the whirling tide; Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy veft, his wings, his horns, and fize; Then round his hook the chofen fur he winds, 205 And on the back a fpeckled feather binds, So juft the colours
Page 74 - I three times mark the ground, •* And turn me thrice around, around, around." Laft Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find; I rearly rofe, juft at the break of day, Before the fun had
Page 251 - where fhall I my true-love find ? Tell me, ye jovial failors, tell me true, If my fweet William fails among the crew. William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He
Page 263 - merit, Unite in my fweet Molly Mog. Thofe who toaft all the Family Royal, In bumpers of Hogan and Nog, Have hearts not more true or more loyal Than mine to my fweet Molly Mog. Were Virgil alive with his Phyllis, And writing another Eclogue ; Both his Phyllis and fair Amaryllis
Page 199 - when that giant babe that head of thine Got in his mouth, my heart was up in mine ! When in the marrow-bone I fee thee ramm'd, Or on the houfe-top by the monkey cramm'd, The piteous images renew my pain, And all thy dangers I weep o'er again. But on the maiden's nipple when you rid, Pray
Page 262 - Molly Mog. The heart when half wounded is changing, It here and there leaps like a frog; But my heart can never be ranging, 'Tis fo fix'd upon fweet Molly Mog. * Who follows all ladies of pleafure, In pleafure is thought but a hog; All the fex cannot give fo good
Page 269 - are, Methinks I tafte them yet; Brown as a berry is her hair, Her eyes as black as jet: As fmooth as glafs, as white as curds, Her pretty hand invites ; Sharp as a needle are her words; Her wit, like pepper, bites : Brifk as a
Page 252 - Let me kifs off that falling tear; We only part to meet again.. Change, as ye lift, ye winds ; my heart fliall be The faithful compafs that ftill points
Page 199 - O may the king that one negleft forgive, And pardon her the fault by which I live ! W^as there no other way to fet him free ? My life, alas ! I fear, prov'd death to thee. O teach me, Dear, new words to fpeak my flame! Teach me to
Page 197 - ivife; Once thou didft cleave, and I could cleave for life. Hear, and relent! hark, how thy children moan : Be kind at leaft to thefe --they are thy own ! Be bold, and count them all; fecure to find The honeft number that you left behind. See how they pat thee with their pretty paws