The Works of the English Poets, Volume 20J. Nichols, 1779 - 432 pages |
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Page 120
... maid , yet have the choice of two ! Ladies are often cruel to their coft : To give you pain , themselves they punish moft . Vows of virginity should well be weigh'd ; Too oft ' they ' re cancel'd , though in convents made . Would you ...
... maid , yet have the choice of two ! Ladies are often cruel to their coft : To give you pain , themselves they punish moft . Vows of virginity should well be weigh'd ; Too oft ' they ' re cancel'd , though in convents made . Would you ...
Page 125
... jutting in the sea : Arrives at Cuma , and with awe furvey'd The grotto of the venerable maid ; Begs leave through black Avernus to retire ; And view 4 Begs OVID'S METAMORPHOSES . Book XIV . 125 The Transformation of Cercopians into Apes.
... jutting in the sea : Arrives at Cuma , and with awe furvey'd The grotto of the venerable maid ; Begs leave through black Avernus to retire ; And view 4 Begs OVID'S METAMORPHOSES . Book XIV . 125 The Transformation of Cercopians into Apes.
Page 126
... maid ; Then views the mournful manfions of the dead ; The fhade of great Anchises , and the place By Fates determin'd to the Trojan race . As back to upper light the hero came , He thus falutes the visionary dame : O , whether fome ...
... maid ; Then views the mournful manfions of the dead ; The fhade of great Anchises , and the place By Fates determin'd to the Trojan race . As back to upper light the hero came , He thus falutes the visionary dame : O , whether fome ...
Page 127
... maid . paus'd ; then , pointing to a heap of fand , For every grain , to live a year , demand . But ah ! unmindful of th ' effect of time , Forgot to covenant for youth , and prime . The fmiling bloom , I boasted once , is gone , And ...
... maid . paus'd ; then , pointing to a heap of fand , For every grain , to live a year , demand . But ah ! unmindful of th ' effect of time , Forgot to covenant for youth , and prime . The fmiling bloom , I boasted once , is gone , And ...
Page 130
... maids not mind the loom , nor houthold care , Nor wage in needle - work a Scythian war ; But cull in canifters difaftrous flowers , And plants from haunted heaths , and fairy bowers , With brazen fickles reap'd at planetary hours . Each ...
... maids not mind the loom , nor houthold care , Nor wage in needle - work a Scythian war ; But cull in canifters difaftrous flowers , And plants from haunted heaths , and fairy bowers , With brazen fickles reap'd at planetary hours . Each ...
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