The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... sweet , And feeds their mutual loves : Bright Venus on her rolling throne Is drawn by gentlest birds alone , And Cupids yoke the doves . EARTH AND HEAVEN . HAST thou not seen , impatient boy , Hast thou not read the solemn truth , That ...
... sweet , And feeds their mutual loves : Bright Venus on her rolling throne Is drawn by gentlest birds alone , And Cupids yoke the doves . EARTH AND HEAVEN . HAST thou not seen , impatient boy , Hast thou not read the solemn truth , That ...
Page 30
... sweet reward Of his own industry ; the well - fraught bowl , Circles incessant , whilst the humble cell With quav'ring laugh and rural jests resounds . Ease and content , and undissembled love , Shine in each face ; the thoughts of ...
... sweet reward Of his own industry ; the well - fraught bowl , Circles incessant , whilst the humble cell With quav'ring laugh and rural jests resounds . Ease and content , and undissembled love , Shine in each face ; the thoughts of ...
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... sweet and vigorous poet . Of his poems there are several which retain their popularity - the Hermit and the Fairy Tale are to be found in every collection of the beauties of English verse . His other principal productions are the Rise ...
... sweet and vigorous poet . Of his poems there are several which retain their popularity - the Hermit and the Fairy Tale are to be found in every collection of the beauties of English verse . His other principal productions are the Rise ...
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... sweet ; His robe turn'd white , and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings , whose colours glitter'd on the day , Wide at his back their gradual ...
... sweet ; His robe turn'd white , and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings , whose colours glitter'd on the day , Wide at his back their gradual ...
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... sweet memorial rise before the throne : These charms , success in our bright region find , And force an angel down , to calm thy mind ; For this , commission'd , I forsook the sky ; - Nay , cease to kneel - thy fellow - servant I. 66 ...
... sweet memorial rise before the throne : These charms , success in our bright region find , And force an angel down , to calm thy mind ; For this , commission'd , I forsook the sky ; - Nay , cease to kneel - thy fellow - servant I. 66 ...
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