The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... beauty shone ; The outward form no help requir'd : Each , breathing on her thrice , inspir'd That gentle , soft , engaging air , Which in old times adorn'd the fair : And said , " Vanessa be the name By which thou shalt be known to fame ...
... beauty shone ; The outward form no help requir'd : Each , breathing on her thrice , inspir'd That gentle , soft , engaging air , Which in old times adorn'd the fair : And said , " Vanessa be the name By which thou shalt be known to fame ...
Page 18
... beauty to the Sun , and pleasure to the day . Thee , goddess , thee , Britannia's isle adores ; How has she oft exhausted all her stores , How oft in fields of death thy presence sought , Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought ...
... beauty to the Sun , and pleasure to the day . Thee , goddess , thee , Britannia's isle adores ; How has she oft exhausted all her stores , How oft in fields of death thy presence sought , Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought ...
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... beauty appears In its graces and airs , SONG . All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky , At distance I gaze , and am aw'd by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when without art Your kind thoughts you impart , When ...
... beauty appears In its graces and airs , SONG . All bright as an angel new dropt from the sky , At distance I gaze , and am aw'd by my fears , So strangely you dazzle my eye ! But when without art Your kind thoughts you impart , When ...
Page 42
... beauty . The real portion of Dr. Young's powers found vent , as we have intimated , in the satirical form , and the general style of his epistles is remarkably terse and epigram- matic . His tragedy of the Revenge has kept possession of ...
... beauty . The real portion of Dr. Young's powers found vent , as we have intimated , in the satirical form , and the general style of his epistles is remarkably terse and epigram- matic . His tragedy of the Revenge has kept possession of ...
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... better sense , without a flaw , As in thy beauty , far excels them a ' . Continue kind , and a ' my care shall be , How to contrive what pleasing is for thee . PEGGY . Agreed ; but harken , yon's auld aunty's RAMSAY . 57.
... better sense , without a flaw , As in thy beauty , far excels them a ' . Continue kind , and a ' my care shall be , How to contrive what pleasing is for thee . PEGGY . Agreed ; but harken , yon's auld aunty's RAMSAY . 57.
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