The English Anthology. Volume the First [-third], Volume 1Egerton, 1793 - 349 pages |
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... Bright is her hewe , and Geraldine fhe hight ; 10 Hampton me taught to wifhe her firft for mine , And Windsor , alas , doth chase me from her fight . Her beauty of kinde , her vertue from above ; Happy is he that can obtain her love ...
... Bright is her hewe , and Geraldine fhe hight ; 10 Hampton me taught to wifhe her firft for mine , And Windsor , alas , doth chase me from her fight . Her beauty of kinde , her vertue from above ; Happy is he that can obtain her love ...
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... bright eies 121 Rain influence , and judge the prise Of wit , or arms , while both contend To win her grace whom all commend . There let Hymen oft appear , In faffron robe , with taper clear , And pomp , and feast , and revelry , And ...
... bright eies 121 Rain influence , and judge the prise Of wit , or arms , while both contend To win her grace whom all commend . There let Hymen oft appear , In faffron robe , with taper clear , And pomp , and feast , and revelry , And ...
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... bright To hit the fenfe of human fight , And therefore to our weaker view Orelaid with black , ftaid Wisdoms hue ; Black , but fuch as in esteem Prince Memnons fifter might befeem , Or that starr'd Ethiope queen that strove To fet her ...
... bright To hit the fenfe of human fight , And therefore to our weaker view Orelaid with black , ftaid Wisdoms hue ; Black , but fuch as in esteem Prince Memnons fifter might befeem , Or that starr'd Ethiope queen that strove To fet her ...
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ENGLISH ANTHOLOGY. Joseph Ritson. Thee bright - hair'd Vefta long of yore To folitary Saturn bore ; His daughter fhe ( in Saturns reign 25 Such mixture was not held a ftain ) Oft in glimmering bowres and glades He met her , and in fecret ...
ENGLISH ANTHOLOGY. Joseph Ritson. Thee bright - hair'd Vefta long of yore To folitary Saturn bore ; His daughter fhe ( in Saturns reign 25 Such mixture was not held a ftain ) Oft in glimmering bowres and glades He met her , and in fecret ...
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... bright , Toward Heav'ns defcent had flop'd his weftering wheel . Mean while the rural ditties were not mute , Temper'd to th ' oaten flute , 30 Rough fatyrs danc'd , and fauns with cloven heel From the glad found would not be abfent ...
... bright , Toward Heav'ns defcent had flop'd his weftering wheel . Mean while the rural ditties were not mute , Temper'd to th ' oaten flute , 30 Rough fatyrs danc'd , and fauns with cloven heel From the glad found would not be abfent ...
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