The Works of the English Poets, Volume 56J. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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... grace fhe " " mov'd ! " Who could have feen her then , and not have lov'd . ? " I ftrove not to refift fo fweet a flame , " But gloried in a happy captive's name ; " Nor would I now , could Love permit , be free ,, " But leave to brutes ...
... grace fhe " " mov'd ! " Who could have feen her then , and not have lov'd . ? " I ftrove not to refift fo fweet a flame , " But gloried in a happy captive's name ; " Nor would I now , could Love permit , be free ,, " But leave to brutes ...
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... grace , " That triumphs now in that deluding face ! " Thofe alter'd looks may every shepherd fly , " And ev❜n thy Daphnis hate thee worse than I ! " Say , thou inconftant , what has Damon done , " To lofe the heart his tedious pains ...
... grace , " That triumphs now in that deluding face ! " Thofe alter'd looks may every shepherd fly , " And ev❜n thy Daphnis hate thee worse than I ! " Say , thou inconftant , what has Damon done , " To lofe the heart his tedious pains ...
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... grace of nature or of art , " We cannot break one ftubborn country heart : " The brutes , infenfible , our power defy : " To love , exceeds a ' fquire's capacity . " The town , the court , is Beauty's proper sphere ; ' " That is our ...
... grace of nature or of art , " We cannot break one ftubborn country heart : " The brutes , infenfible , our power defy : " To love , exceeds a ' fquire's capacity . " The town , the court , is Beauty's proper sphere ; ' " That is our ...
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... grace , each virtue , Freedom could inspire ; Yet in her troubled ftate fee all the woes And all the crimes , that giddy Faction knows ; Till , rent by parties , by corruption fold , Or weakly careless , or too rafhly bold , She funk ...
... grace , each virtue , Freedom could inspire ; Yet in her troubled ftate fee all the woes And all the crimes , that giddy Faction knows ; Till , rent by parties , by corruption fold , Or weakly careless , or too rafhly bold , She funk ...
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... grace his palace with triumphal spoils ; Me Beauty holds , in ftrong though gentle chains , Far from tumultuous war and dusty plains . With thee , my love , to pafs my tranquil days , How would I flight Ambition's painful praise ! How ...
... grace his palace with triumphal spoils ; Me Beauty holds , in ftrong though gentle chains , Far from tumultuous war and dusty plains . With thee , my love , to pafs my tranquil days , How would I flight Ambition's painful praise ! How ...
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