The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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... wish , is all my ease ; Sighs , which do heat impart , Enough to melt the coldest ice , Yet cannot warm your heart . III . O ! would your pity give my heart One corner of your breast , ' Twould learn of yours the winning art , And ...
... wish , is all my ease ; Sighs , which do heat impart , Enough to melt the coldest ice , Yet cannot warm your heart . III . O ! would your pity give my heart One corner of your breast , ' Twould learn of yours the winning art , And ...
Page 46
... low , to old or young ? Of him what orphan can complain ? Of him what widow make her moan ? But fuch as wish him here again , And mifs his goodness now he ' s gone . If this be ( as I am fure ' tis If 46 POEMS . OT WAY'S.
... low , to old or young ? Of him what orphan can complain ? Of him what widow make her moan ? But fuch as wish him here again , And mifs his goodness now he ' s gone . If this be ( as I am fure ' tis If 46 POEMS . OT WAY'S.
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... live in peace that does it now . Nor may And whofe heart would not wish fo too , That had but seen When his tumultuous mifled foes Against him rofe , With what heroic grace He chose the weight of wrong With 48 POEMS . OT WAY'S.
... live in peace that does it now . Nor may And whofe heart would not wish fo too , That had but seen When his tumultuous mifled foes Against him rofe , With what heroic grace He chose the weight of wrong With 48 POEMS . OT WAY'S.
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... wish to thee , my lovely boy : Read this , and reading how my soul is seiz'd , Rather than not , be with my ruin pleas'd : Thus fecrets fafe to fartheft fhores may move ; By letters foes converfe , and learn to love . Thrice my fad tale ...
... wish to thee , my lovely boy : Read this , and reading how my soul is seiz'd , Rather than not , be with my ruin pleas'd : Thus fecrets fafe to fartheft fhores may move ; By letters foes converfe , and learn to love . Thrice my fad tale ...
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... wish , old Thefeus is away At Theffaly , where always let him stay With his Perithoüs , whom well I fee Preferr❜d above Hippolytus or me . Nor has he only thus expreft his hate ; We both have fuffer'd wrongs of mighty weight : My ...
... wish , old Thefeus is away At Theffaly , where always let him stay With his Perithoüs , whom well I fee Preferr❜d above Hippolytus or me . Nor has he only thus expreft his hate ; We both have fuffer'd wrongs of mighty weight : My ...
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