The Works of the English Poets, Volume 30J. Nichols, 1779 - 304 pages |
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... Delight'ft in building cities . Bright Diana , Kind fifter to thy infant deity New - wean'd , and just arifing from the cradle , Brought hunted wild - goats heads , and branching antlers Of stags , the fruit and honour of her toil ...
... Delight'ft in building cities . Bright Diana , Kind fifter to thy infant deity New - wean'd , and just arifing from the cradle , Brought hunted wild - goats heads , and branching antlers Of stags , the fruit and honour of her toil ...
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... delight ; While he his pretty mistress entertains , And wagers with her who the conqueft gains ; Slily the God takes aim , and hits his heart , And in the wounds he fees he bears his part . ENGRAVED ON A COLUMN In the Church of HALSTEAD ...
... delight ; While he his pretty mistress entertains , And wagers with her who the conqueft gains ; Slily the God takes aim , and hits his heart , And in the wounds he fees he bears his part . ENGRAVED ON A COLUMN In the Church of HALSTEAD ...
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... delights to deal in ) , A thousand little nerves fhe fends Quite to our toes , and fingers ' ends ; And these in gratitude again Return their fpirits to the brain In which their figure being printed ( As juft before , I think , I hinted ) ...
... delights to deal in ) , A thousand little nerves fhe fends Quite to our toes , and fingers ' ends ; And these in gratitude again Return their fpirits to the brain In which their figure being printed ( As juft before , I think , I hinted ) ...
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... delight and sweetness . My logic then has loft its aim , If sweet and bitter be the fame : And , he , methinks , is no great fcholar , Who can mistake defire for choler . 450 The like may of the heart be faid ; Courage and terror there ...
... delight and sweetness . My logic then has loft its aim , If sweet and bitter be the fame : And , he , methinks , is no great fcholar , Who can mistake defire for choler . 450 The like may of the heart be faid ; Courage and terror there ...
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... delight in Those hours , when they are tir'd with fighting ? And has no man , but who has kill'd A father , right to get a child ? Thefe notions then I think but idle ; And Love fhall ftill poffefs the middle . This truth more plainly ...
... delight in Those hours , when they are tir'd with fighting ? And has no man , but who has kill'd A father , right to get a child ? Thefe notions then I think but idle ; And Love fhall ftill poffefs the middle . This truth more plainly ...
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