The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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Page 12
... bring me mufick , wreaths , and mirth , And ask to celebrate my birth : Little , alas ! my comrades know , That I was born to pain and woe ; . To thy denial , to thy fcorn ; Better I had ne'er been born , I wish to die ev'n whilst I fay ...
... bring me mufick , wreaths , and mirth , And ask to celebrate my birth : Little , alas ! my comrades know , That I was born to pain and woe ; . To thy denial , to thy fcorn ; Better I had ne'er been born , I wish to die ev'n whilst I fay ...
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... bring forth ; And short shall be thy pangs . She faid ; and high She rear'd her arm , and with her fceptre ftruck The yawning cliff : from its difparted height Adown the mount the gufhing torrent ran , And And chear'd the vallies ...
... bring forth ; And short shall be thy pangs . She faid ; and high She rear'd her arm , and with her fceptre ftruck The yawning cliff : from its difparted height Adown the mount the gufhing torrent ran , And And chear'd the vallies ...
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... brings where - ever fhe arrives ; She builds our quiet , as fhe forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even ; And opens in each heart a little Heaven . Each other gift , which God on man bestows , Its proper bound and ...
... brings where - ever fhe arrives ; She builds our quiet , as fhe forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even ; And opens in each heart a little Heaven . Each other gift , which God on man bestows , Its proper bound and ...
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... bring her word , Whene'er the balls are fix'd or stirr'd , How quick at park and play they strike ; The duke they court ; the toaft they like ; 15 20 25 30 35 40 And at St. James's turn their grace From former 2 And 32 PRIOR'S POEM S.
... bring her word , Whene'er the balls are fix'd or stirr'd , How quick at park and play they strike ; The duke they court ; the toaft they like ; 15 20 25 30 35 40 And at St. James's turn their grace From former 2 And 32 PRIOR'S POEM S.
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... Bring up a fample of the whole ; Like footmen running before coaches , To tell the Inn , what Lord approaches . By nerves about our palate plac'd , She likewife judges of the taste . Elfe ( difmal thought ! ) our warlike men Might drink ...
... Bring up a fample of the whole ; Like footmen running before coaches , To tell the Inn , what Lord approaches . By nerves about our palate plac'd , She likewife judges of the taste . Elfe ( difmal thought ! ) our warlike men Might drink ...
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