The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, Hours of IdlenessBaynes and Son, 1824 - 446 pages |
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... Beauty's feeble ray , Boast but the worth Bassora's pearls display ; Drawn from the deep , we own their surface bright , But , dark within , they drink no lustrous light : Such are the maids , and such the charms they boast , By sense ...
... Beauty's feeble ray , Boast but the worth Bassora's pearls display ; Drawn from the deep , we own their surface bright , But , dark within , they drink no lustrous light : Such are the maids , and such the charms they boast , By sense ...
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... beauty cull'd the wreath , Still ask thy hand to range their order'd hues . While Rome could none esteem But virtue's patriot theme , You loved her hills , and led her laureate band ; But staid to sing alone To one distinguish'd throne ...
... beauty cull'd the wreath , Still ask thy hand to range their order'd hues . While Rome could none esteem But virtue's patriot theme , You loved her hills , and led her laureate band ; But staid to sing alone To one distinguish'd throne ...
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... beauty , took an opportunity of meeting him one day as he walked on the shore , and opened her passion to him , but was received with a coldness , occasioned by his horror and surprise at her appear- ance . This , however , was so ...
... beauty , took an opportunity of meeting him one day as he walked on the shore , and opened her passion to him , but was received with a coldness , occasioned by his horror and surprise at her appear- ance . This , however , was so ...
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... beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave . Nor you , ye Proud , impute to These the fault , If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise , Where through the long ...
... beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour : The paths of glory lead but to the grave . Nor you , ye Proud , impute to These the fault , If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise , Where through the long ...
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... Beauty , with Pleasure surrounded , to languish- To weep without knowing the cause of my anguish ; To start from short slumbers , and wish for the morn- To close my dull eyes when I see it returning ; [ ing- Sighs sudden and frequent ...
... Beauty , with Pleasure surrounded , to languish- To weep without knowing the cause of my anguish ; To start from short slumbers , and wish for the morn- To close my dull eyes when I see it returning ; [ ing- Sighs sudden and frequent ...
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