The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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... See , how beneath yon hillock's shady steep , " The shelter'd herds on flowery couches fleep t " Nor bees , nor herds , are half fo bleft as I , " If with my fond defires my love complys " From Delia's lips a sweeter honey flows , " And ...
... See , how beneath yon hillock's shady steep , " The shelter'd herds on flowery couches fleep t " Nor bees , nor herds , are half fo bleft as I , " If with my fond defires my love complys " From Delia's lips a sweeter honey flows , " And ...
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... the relentless maid . " Would I could die like him , and be at peace ? " These torments in the quiet grave would ceafe ; " There * See Mr. Gay's Dione , There my vex'd thoughts a calm repose would find , 12 LYTTELTON'S POEMS .
... the relentless maid . " Would I could die like him , and be at peace ? " These torments in the quiet grave would ceafe ; " There * See Mr. Gay's Dione , There my vex'd thoughts a calm repose would find , 12 LYTTELTON'S POEMS .
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... see thy fields , whofe plenteous grain No power can ravish from th ' industrious swain ? When kifs , with pious love , the facred earth That gave a Burleigh or a Ruffel birth ? When , in the shade of laws , that long have ftood , Propt ...
... see thy fields , whofe plenteous grain No power can ravish from th ' industrious swain ? When kifs , with pious love , the facred earth That gave a Burleigh or a Ruffel birth ? When , in the shade of laws , that long have ftood , Propt ...
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... , from courts and all their state , Eager I fly , to prove Joys far above a Courtier's fate , Tranquillity and Love . See the Infcriptions in Mr. Weft's Poems . Ta TO MISS LUCY FORTESCUE . O NCE , by the LYTTELTON'S POEM S. Epigram,
... , from courts and all their state , Eager I fly , to prove Joys far above a Courtier's fate , Tranquillity and Love . See the Infcriptions in Mr. Weft's Poems . Ta TO MISS LUCY FORTESCUE . O NCE , by the LYTTELTON'S POEM S. Epigram,
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... Pindar . See the Preface to that gentleman's Poems . In the rape of Ganymede , who was carried up to Jupiter by an eagle , according to the Poetical History . III . Then , darting with impetuous fury down , ЕРІТАРН . 75.
... Pindar . See the Preface to that gentleman's Poems . In the rape of Ganymede , who was carried up to Jupiter by an eagle , according to the Poetical History . III . Then , darting with impetuous fury down , ЕРІТАРН . 75.
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