The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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Page 61
... golden toy : Think every pleafing hour too swiftly flies ; And measure time , by joy fucceeding joy ! But when the cares that interrupt our blifs To me not always will thy fight allow ; Then oft with kind impatience look on this , Then ...
... golden toy : Think every pleafing hour too swiftly flies ; And measure time , by joy fucceeding joy ! But when the cares that interrupt our blifs To me not always will thy fight allow ; Then oft with kind impatience look on this , Then ...
Page 68
... golden characters her worth engrave . Come then , ye virgin fifters , come , And ftrew with choiceft flowers her hallow'd - tomb : But foremost thou , in fable vestment clad , With accents fweet and fad , Thou , plaintive Mufe , whom o ...
... golden characters her worth engrave . Come then , ye virgin fifters , come , And ftrew with choiceft flowers her hallow'd - tomb : But foremost thou , in fable vestment clad , With accents fweet and fad , Thou , plaintive Mufe , whom o ...
Page 70
... golden fruits are seen ; With odours sweet it fills the finiling skies , The wood - nymphs tend it , and th ' Idalian queen . But , in the midst of all its blooming pride , A fudden blast from Apenninus blows , Cold with perpetual fnows ...
... golden fruits are seen ; With odours sweet it fills the finiling skies , The wood - nymphs tend it , and th ' Idalian queen . But , in the midst of all its blooming pride , A fudden blast from Apenninus blows , Cold with perpetual fnows ...
Page 73
... golden chain Harmonious Concord did our wifes bind : Our studies , pleasures , tafte , the fame . O fatal , fatal ftroke , That all this pleasing fabric Love had rais'd Of rare felicity , On which ev'n wanton Vice with envy gaz'd , And ...
... golden chain Harmonious Concord did our wifes bind : Our studies , pleasures , tafte , the fame . O fatal , fatal ftroke , That all this pleasing fabric Love had rais'd Of rare felicity , On which ev'n wanton Vice with envy gaz'd , And ...
Page 87
... golden chain has firmly bound The rival nations , thou for both fhalt raise The grateful fong to his immortal praise . Albion shall think she hears her Prior fing ; - And France , that Boileau ftrikes the tuneful ftring . Then fhalt ...
... golden chain has firmly bound The rival nations , thou for both fhalt raise The grateful fong to his immortal praise . Albion shall think she hears her Prior fing ; - And France , that Boileau ftrikes the tuneful ftring . Then fhalt ...
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