The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... hair ; A painted quiver on her fhoulder founds , And with her dart the flying deer she wounds . It chanc'd , as , eager of the chace , the maid Beyond the foreft's verdant limits stray'd , Pan faw and lov'd , and burning with defire ...
... hair ; A painted quiver on her fhoulder founds , And with her dart the flying deer she wounds . It chanc'd , as , eager of the chace , the maid Beyond the foreft's verdant limits stray'd , Pan faw and lov'd , and burning with defire ...
Page 65
... hair . In vain on father Thames fhe calls for aid , Nor could Diana help her injur'd maid . 195 Faint , breathless , thus fhe pray'd , nor pray'd in vain ; " Ah , Cynthia ! ah - though banish'd from thy train , 200 " Let me , O let me ...
... hair . In vain on father Thames fhe calls for aid , Nor could Diana help her injur'd maid . 195 Faint , breathless , thus fhe pray'd , nor pray'd in vain ; " Ah , Cynthia ! ah - though banish'd from thy train , 200 " Let me , O let me ...
Page 124
... hair . The Author fent it to the Lady , with whom he was acquainted ; and she took it fo well as to give about copies of it . That first sketch ( we learn from one of his Letters ) was written in less than a fortnight , in 1711 , in two ...
... hair . The Author fent it to the Lady , with whom he was acquainted ; and she took it fo well as to give about copies of it . That first sketch ( we learn from one of his Letters ) was written in less than a fortnight , in 1711 , in two ...
Page 126
... hair , which I always mention with reverence ) . The Human perfons are as fictitious as the Airy ones : and the character of Belinda , as it is now managed , re- sembles you in nothing but in Beauty . If this Poem had as many Graces as ...
... hair , which I always mention with reverence ) . The Human perfons are as fictitious as the Airy ones : and the character of Belinda , as it is now managed , re- sembles you in nothing but in Beauty . If this Poem had as many Graces as ...
Page 132
... hair , Some fold the fleeve , whilft others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours ' not her own . CANTO II . NOT with more glories in th ' etherial plain , The Sun first rises o'er the purpled main , Than , iffuing forth ...
... hair , Some fold the fleeve , whilft others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours ' not her own . CANTO II . NOT with more glories in th ' etherial plain , The Sun first rises o'er the purpled main , Than , iffuing forth ...
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