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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... reign , And shepherds sought her on the silent plain ; With Truth she wedded in the secret grove , Immortal Truth ! and daughters bless'd their love . O haste , fair maids ! ye Virtues , come away , Sweet Peace and Plenty lead you on ...
... reign , And shepherds sought her on the silent plain ; With Truth she wedded in the secret grove , Immortal Truth ! and daughters bless'd their love . O haste , fair maids ! ye Virtues , come away , Sweet Peace and Plenty lead you on ...
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... reign . Be every youth like royal Abbas moved , And every Georgian maid like Abra loved ! ' Yet , midst the blaze of courts she fix'd her love On the cool fountain , or the shady grove ; Still with the shepherd's innocence her mind To ...
... reign . Be every youth like royal Abbas moved , And every Georgian maid like Abra loved ! ' Yet , midst the blaze of courts she fix'd her love On the cool fountain , or the shady grove ; Still with the shepherd's innocence her mind To ...
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... reigns , And none but wretches haunt the twilight plains ; What time the Moon had hung her lamp on high , And past in radiance through the cloudless sky ; Sad o'er the dews two brother shepherds fled , Where wildering fear and desperate ...
... reigns , And none but wretches haunt the twilight plains ; What time the Moon had hung her lamp on high , And past in radiance through the cloudless sky ; Sad o'er the dews two brother shepherds fled , Where wildering fear and desperate ...
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... reign restored : Till William seek the sad retreat , And , bleeding at her sacred feet , Present the sated sword . If , weak to soothe so soft a heart , These pictured glories nought impart , To dry thy constant tear : If yet , in ...
... reign restored : Till William seek the sad retreat , And , bleeding at her sacred feet , Present the sated sword . If , weak to soothe so soft a heart , These pictured glories nought impart , To dry thy constant tear : If yet , in ...
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... reign . Let others court thy transient smile , But come to grace thy western isle , By warlike Honour led ; And , while around her ports rejoice , While all her sons adore thy choice , With him for ever wed ! THE MANNERS . FAREWELL ...
... reign . Let others court thy transient smile , But come to grace thy western isle , By warlike Honour led ; And , while around her ports rejoice , While all her sons adore thy choice , With him for ever wed ! THE MANNERS . FAREWELL ...
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