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" Yet abandon'd to thy will, Yet imagining no ill, Yet too innocent to blush ; Like the linnet in the bush To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat ; Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the change of toys, Like the linnet green, in May... "
Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic - Page 461
by Beautiful poetry - 1854
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume 2

William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pages
...the Bum, To the Mother Linnet's Note^ Modelling her flender Throat ; Chirping forth her pretty J»ys, Wanton in the Change of Toys ; Like the Linnet green in May, Flutt'ring to each bloomy Spray ; Wearied then and glad of Reft, Like the Linnet in the Neft ; This,...
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How to Read and Declaim

Grenville Kleiser - 1779 - 422 pages
...innocent to blufh, Like the linnet in the bufh. 16 To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her flender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the change of toys, io Like the linnet green, in May, Flitting to each bloomy ipray, Wearied then, and glad of reft, Like...
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The Works of the English Poets: Parnell and A. Philips

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 428 pages
...innocent to blufh, Like the linnet in the buih. 16 To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her llender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, 'Wanton in the change of toys, to Like the linnet green, in May,. Flitting to each Womny fpray, Wearied then,,;aiuLglad of refl> ....
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 57

English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...innocent to blufh, Like the linnet in the bufh. 1 6 To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her flender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the change of toys, 20 Like the linnet green, in May, Flitting to each bloomy fpray, Wearied then, and glad of reft, Like...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 9

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 972 pages
...too innocent to bliilh, Like the linnet in the bulh. To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her flendcr throat Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...the linnet green, in May, Flitting to each bloomy fpray, Wearied then, and elad of reft, Like the linnet in the ceil. This thy prefent happy lot. This,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 94-95

John Bell - 1799 - 436 pages
...too innocent to blush, Like the linlet in the bush To (he mother linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...linnet green in May Flitting to each bloomy spray, Weary'd then, and glad of rest, Like the linlet in the nest, This thy present happy lot, This in time...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Watts, A. Philips ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 556 pages
...too innocent to blush, Like the linnet in the bush, To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...daughter see, This picture, once, resembled thee. то тик RIGHT HON. ROBERT JTALPOLE, ESQ. June 15, П24. VOTARY to public zqal, Minister of England's...
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Watts, A. Philips, West, Collins, Dyer, Shenstone, Young

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 554 pages
...too innocent to blush, Like the linnet in the bush, To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...in thy daughter see, This picture, once, resembled tliee. TO THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT WALPOLE, ESQ. June 15, 1724. VOTAKY to public zeal, Minister of England's...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 13

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 pages
...too innocent to hlush, Like the linnet in the hush, To the mother-linnet's nots Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the...toys, Like the linnet green, in May, Flitting to each hloomy spray, Wearied then, and glad of rest, Like the linnet in the nest. This thy present happy lot,...
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English Minstrelsy: Being a Selection of Fugitive Poetry from the ..., Volume 1

Walter Scott - 1810 - 308 pages
...too innocent to blush ; Like the linnet in the bush, To the mother-linnet's note Moduling her slender throat, Chirping forth thy petty joys, Wanton in the change of toys ; Like the linnet-green, in May, Flitting to each bloomy spray, Wearied then, and glad of rest, Like the linnet...
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