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" THE DESPAIRING LOVER. Distracted with care For Phyllis the fair, Since nothing could move her, Poor Damon, her lover, Resolves in despair No longer to languish, Nor bear so much anguish, But, mad with his love, To a precipice goes, Where a leap from above... "
The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 333
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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A Supplement to the Works of the Most Celebrated Minor Poets ...

Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon - 1750 - 500 pages
...all of his own. The DESPAIRING LOVER. DMrafted with care, For Phyllis the fair; Since nothing cou'd move her, Poor Damon her lover, Refolves in defpair No longer to languifh, \ ..-11 Nor bear fo much anguifh: But, mad with his love, To a precipice goes ; Where a leap from above...
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Preface. A historical essay on the origin and progress of national song ...

1783 - 366 pages
...:— Oh ! what a dull booby was I ! Lt SONG SONG XXXIX. THE DESPAIRING LOVER. BY WILLIAM WALSH ESQ.. DISTRACTED with care, For Phyllis the fair; Since...could move her, Poor Damon, her lover, Refolves in delpair No longer to languim, Nor bear fo much anguifh ; But, mad with his love, To a precipice goes;...
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The Poetical Farrago: Being a Miscellaneous Assemblage of ..., Volumes 1-2

1794 - 428 pages
...and tall Nottingham. THE DESPAIRING LOVER. B? WILLIAM WALSH, ES^. DISTRACTED with care, For Phillis the fair ; Since nothing could move her, Poor Damon...in defpair No longer to languifh, Nor bear fo much anguifli : But, mad with his love, To a precipice goes ; Where a leap from above Would foon finifh...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 806 pages
...that earlieu finds the cheat, And fees his errors while there's time to mend. THE DESPAIRING LOVEBU DISTRACTED with care For Phyllis the fair, Since nothing...Damon, her lover, Refolves in defpair No longer to languim, Nor bear fo much anguilh ; But, mad with his love, To a precipice goes, Where » leap from...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 6

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 842 pages
...cheat, And fees his error* while tberc'i time t» mead. THE DESPAIRING LOVE*, BlSTKACTED With cirf For Phyllis the fair, Since nothing could move her, Poor Damon, her lover, Rcfolves in defpair No longer to languish, Nor bear fo much anguifh; But, mad with his Love, To a precipice...
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Sheridan's and Henderson's Practical Method of Reading and Reciting English ...

Thomas Sheridan - 1796 - 292 pages
...exprefs, in your manner of going through the whole of the firft verfe, and the firjl liae of the fecond. DISTRACTED with care For Phyllis the fair.; Since...lover, Refolves in defpair No longer to languifh; But, mad with his love, To a precipice goes, Where a leap from above Would foon finifh his woes. When...
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Specimens of the Later English Poets: With Preliminary Notices, Volume 1

Robert Southey - 1807 - 512 pages
...more praise than his writings deserve, but probably not more than he was entitled to by his talents. The Despairing Lover. DISTRACTED with care For Phyllis...Since nothing could move her, Poor Damon, her lover, Resolves in despair, No longer to languish, Nor bear so much anguish ; 'But, mad with his love, To...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 8

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 654 pages
...earliest findi the cheat, And sees his errours while there 's time to mrrxt. THE DESPAIRING LOPER. DISTRACTED with care For Phyllis the fair, Since nothing could move her, Poor Damon, her lover, . Resolves in despair No longer to languish, Nor bear so much anguish; But, mad with his love, To a...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1811 - 476 pages
...believe is now very little known, and exactly suits the circumstances of this killing, despairing lover. THE DESPAIRING LOVER. Distracted with care For Phyllis...Since nothing could move her, Poor Damon, her lover, Resolves in despair; Resolves not to languish, And bear so much anguish; But, mad with his love, To...
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Notes and Queries

1852 - 1170 pages
...in the works of Walsh, occurs a song called " The Despairing Lover," in which we are told that — " Distracted with care For Phyllis the fair, Since nothing could move her, Poor Damon, her lover, Resolves in despair No lunger to languish, Nor bsar so much nnguish ; But, mad with his love. To a...
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