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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... once he fires the swain ; Or hope a lover by your faults to win , As spots on ermine beautify the skin : Who seeks secure to rule , be first her care Each softer virtue that adorns the fair ; Each tender passion man delights to find ...
... once he fires the swain ; Or hope a lover by your faults to win , As spots on ermine beautify the skin : Who seeks secure to rule , be first her care Each softer virtue that adorns the fair ; Each tender passion man delights to find ...
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... once by maids and shepherds loved in vain ! No more the virgins shall delight to rove By Sargis ' banks , or Irwan's shady grove ; On Tarkie's mountains catch the cooling gale , Or breathe the sweets of Aly's flowery vale : Fair scenes ...
... once by maids and shepherds loved in vain ! No more the virgins shall delight to rove By Sargis ' banks , or Irwan's shady grove ; On Tarkie's mountains catch the cooling gale , Or breathe the sweets of Aly's flowery vale : Fair scenes ...
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... once alone it broke the silent scene , And he the wretch of Thebes no more appear'd . O Fear ! I know thee by my throbbing heart , Thy withering power inspired each mournful line , Though gentle Pity claim her mingled part , Yet all the ...
... once alone it broke the silent scene , And he the wretch of Thebes no more appear'd . O Fear ! I know thee by my throbbing heart , Thy withering power inspired each mournful line , Though gentle Pity claim her mingled part , Yet all the ...
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... once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree , And I , O Fear , will dwell with thee ! TO SIMPLICITY . O THOU , by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought , In numbers warmly pure , and sweetly strong : Who first on ...
... once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree , And I , O Fear , will dwell with thee ! TO SIMPLICITY . O THOU , by Nature taught To breathe her genuine thought , In numbers warmly pure , and sweetly strong : Who first on ...
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... aid some mighty task , I only seek to find thy temperate vale : Where oft my reed might sound To maids and shepherds round , And all thy sons , O Nature ! learn my tale . ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER . As once , if not 22 TO SIMPLICITY .
... aid some mighty task , I only seek to find thy temperate vale : Where oft my reed might sound To maids and shepherds round , And all thy sons , O Nature ! learn my tale . ON THE POETICAL CHARACTER . As once , if not 22 TO SIMPLICITY .
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