The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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Page 67
... hope to lead petitions , Scriveners to be treasurers ; pedlars , politicians ; Nor every fool , whose wife has tript at court , Pluck up a fpirit , and turn rebel for ' t . In lands where cuckolds multiply like ours , What prince can be ...
... hope to lead petitions , Scriveners to be treasurers ; pedlars , politicians ; Nor every fool , whose wife has tript at court , Pluck up a fpirit , and turn rebel for ' t . In lands where cuckolds multiply like ours , What prince can be ...
Page 74
... hope to calm my raging head , And cool my burning breast . Her cruelty all eafe denies ; With fome fad dream I ftart , All drown'd in tears I find my eyes , And breaking feel my heart . Then Then rifing , through the path I rove That ...
... hope to calm my raging head , And cool my burning breast . Her cruelty all eafe denies ; With fome fad dream I ftart , All drown'd in tears I find my eyes , And breaking feel my heart . Then Then rifing , through the path I rove That ...
Page 94
... hope its guilty head to shrowd . And now my love , Corinna , did appear , Loose on her neck fell her divided hair ; Loose as her flowing gown , that wanton'd in the air . In such a garb , with such a grace and mien , To her rich bed ...
... hope its guilty head to shrowd . And now my love , Corinna , did appear , Loose on her neck fell her divided hair ; Loose as her flowing gown , that wanton'd in the air . In such a garb , with such a grace and mien , To her rich bed ...
Page 109
... hope men think them wife . How would the listening shepherds round her throng , To catch the words fell from her charming tongue ! She all with her own fpirit and foul inspir'd , Her they all lov'd , and her they all admir'd . Ev'n ...
... hope men think them wife . How would the listening shepherds round her throng , To catch the words fell from her charming tongue ! She all with her own fpirit and foul inspir'd , Her they all lov'd , and her they all admir'd . Ev'n ...
Page 111
... hope of the returning light ; But all is long oblivion , and eternal night ! TO THE UNKNOWN AUTHOR OF ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHE L * . I Thought , forgive my fin , the boasted fire Of poets ' fouls did long ago expire ; Of folly or of ...
... hope of the returning light ; But all is long oblivion , and eternal night ! TO THE UNKNOWN AUTHOR OF ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHE L * . I Thought , forgive my fin , the boasted fire Of poets ' fouls did long ago expire ; Of folly or of ...
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