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" twas a pleasure too great ; I listen'd, and cried when she sung, Was nightingale ever so sweet ! How foolish was I to believe, She could dote on so lowly a clown, Or that her fond heart would not grieve To forsake the fine folk of the town ; To think... "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 41
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The Poetical Works of Nicholas Rowe, Esq

Nicholas Rowe - 1715 - 356 pages
...Nightingale ever fo JJweet ? IK. How foolifh I was to believe ". •;-- ./ ,,-r !:-:.\ She cou'd dote on fo lowly a Clown, ; -} ,.-' Or that her fond Heart would not grieve • . ..: „• To forfakethe fine Folk, of the Townj?:.r:,0-.To think that a Beauty fo gay, So kind and-foconftant WQuld...
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The Poetical Works of Nicholas Rowe

Nicholas Rowe - 1720 - 348 pages
...cry'd, 'when '/lie fuhg, ,"" Was Nightingale evttfd fwcet? How She could dear on fo Jowly a. Clown, Oj that her fond Heart would not grieve To forfake the...Folk of the Town ? To think that a Beauty fo gay, So laud and fo conftant would provej Or go clad like our Maidens in Grey, Or live in a Cottage on Love...
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The Tea-table Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Scots Sangs. In Three Volumes ...

Allan Ramsay - 1733 - 398 pages
...pleafure too great ; I liften'd, and cry'd when flie fung, Was nightingale ever fbiweet? How foolifli was I to believe, She could doat on fo lowly a clown,...the town? To think that a beauty fo gay, So kind and Jo conuant would prove ; Or go clad like our maidens in gray, Or live in a cottage on love ? Whattho'...
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Poematia, Latinè partim reddita, partim scripta:

Vincent Bourne - 1734 - 168 pages
...caneret, blando captus modulamjne, ¡guando Тaт fuave, exclarpa, tu, Philomela, cants ! 'M ]How fooliíh was I to believe, She could doat on fo lowly a Clown î ' . > ,Or, that her fond Heart wou'd not grieve, To forfake the fine Folk of the Town î To think,...
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The Weekly amusement: or, The universal magazine, Volume 1

1735 - 390 pages
...pleafure too great, I nften'd, and cry d, when the fung : Was nightingale ever fo fweet ! III. How foo'ifh was I to believe She could doat on fo lowly a clown...her fond heart would not grieve, To forfake the fine folks of the town ? To think that a beauty fo gay, So kind, and fo confiant would prove, Te go dad...
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The Tea-table Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots ..., Volume 1

Allan Ramsay - 1750 - 492 pages
...I bleft her dear tongue, When fhe fmil'd it was pleafure too great ; I liften'd, and cry'd when fhe fung, Was nightingale ever fo fweet ? How foolifh...to believe, She could -doat on fo lowly a clown, Or Or that her fond heart would not grieve, To forfake the fine folk of the town i J:.. To think that...
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The Tea-table Miscellany: A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots and ..., Issue 420

Allan Ramsay - 1762 - 506 pages
...to believe, •• •t' • .Hfii'J •She could dote on fo lowly a clown.;'- '• -»•" --iH Of Or that her fond heart would not grieve, '..' * (...•.-• \ To think that a beauty fo gay, So kind and fo eonftant _ would prove ? Or go clad like our maidens in grey, Or live in a cottage on love i What though...
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The Works of Nicholas Rowe, Esq; ...

Nicholas Rowe - 1766 - 354 pages
...blefs'd the dear Tongue; When fhe fmil'd, 'twas a Pleasure too great. I liften'd, and cry'd, when fhe fung, Was Nightingale ever fo fweet? How foolifh was...Clown, Or that her fond Heart would not grieve To forfafce the fine FoUt of the Town? To think that a Beauty fo gay, So kind and fo conftant would prove;...
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The Works: The Royal convert. Jane Shore. Jane Gray. Poems on several occasions

Nicholas Rowe - 1766 - 354 pages
...believe She could doat on fo lowly a Clown,/ . j Or that Tier fond Heart would not grieveTo forfalce the fine Folk of the Town ? To think that a Beauty fo gay, So kind and fo conttant would prove; ©r gtf clad like our Maidens in Gray, Or live in a Cottage on Love i What tho'...
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The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 274 pages
...fmil'd, it was pleafure too great; I liften'd, and cry'd when me fung, Was nightingale ever fo fweet! IU. How foolifh was I to believe She could doat on fo...clown, Or that her fond heart would not grieve To think that a beauty fo gay, So kind and fo conftant would prove ; Or go clad like our maidens in grey,...
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