The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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... verfe , " Shall deign our faithful paffion to rehearse , " And future ages , with just envy mov'd , " Be told how Damon and his Delia lov'd . " SOLILOQUY OF A BEAUTY IN THE COUNTRY . ' T SOLI- 16 LYTTELTON'S POEMS .
... verfe , " Shall deign our faithful paffion to rehearse , " And future ages , with just envy mov'd , " Be told how Damon and his Delia lov'd . " SOLILOQUY OF A BEAUTY IN THE COUNTRY . ' T SOLI- 16 LYTTELTON'S POEMS .
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... BEAUTY IN THE COUNTRY . ' T Written at EATON SCHOOL . WAS night ; and Flavia to her room retir'd , With evening chat and fober reading tir'd ; There , melancholy , penfive , and alone , She meditates on the forfaken town : On her rais'd ...
... BEAUTY IN THE COUNTRY . ' T Written at EATON SCHOOL . WAS night ; and Flavia to her room retir'd , With evening chat and fober reading tir'd ; There , melancholy , penfive , and alone , She meditates on the forfaken town : On her rais'd ...
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... Beauty ought to lead ? " Were eyes fo radiant only made to read ? " Thefe fingers , at whofe touch ev'n age would glow , " Are thefe of ufe for nothing but to few ? " Sure erring Nature never could defign " To form a housewife in a ...
... Beauty ought to lead ? " Were eyes fo radiant only made to read ? " Thefe fingers , at whofe touch ev'n age would glow , " Are thefe of ufe for nothing but to few ? " Sure erring Nature never could defign " To form a housewife in a ...
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... And equal these to Pindus ' honor'd shades . When Europe freed , confefs'd the faving power Of Malborough's hand ; Britain , who fent him forth Ç 2 Chief " 2 Chief of Confederate hofts , to fight the SOLILOQUY OF A BEAUTY . 19.
... And equal these to Pindus ' honor'd shades . When Europe freed , confefs'd the faving power Of Malborough's hand ; Britain , who fent him forth Ç 2 Chief " 2 Chief of Confederate hofts , to fight the SOLILOQUY OF A BEAUTY . 19.
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... beauty boafts . Amid the mazy gloom Of this romantic wilderness once stood The bower of Rofamonda , hapless fair , Sacred to Grief and Love ; the crystal fount In which the us'd to bathe her beauteous limbs Still warbling flows , pleas ...
... beauty boafts . Amid the mazy gloom Of this romantic wilderness once stood The bower of Rofamonda , hapless fair , Sacred to Grief and Love ; the crystal fount In which the us'd to bathe her beauteous limbs Still warbling flows , pleas ...
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