The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11E. Cox, 1779 - 212 pages |
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Page 26
... never yet ftood tree , Where only heath , coarse fern , and furzes grow , Where ( nipt by piercing air ) ` The flocks in tatter'd fleeces hardly gaze , Led by uncouth thoughts and care , Which did too much his penfive mind amaze , A ...
... never yet ftood tree , Where only heath , coarse fern , and furzes grow , Where ( nipt by piercing air ) ` The flocks in tatter'd fleeces hardly gaze , Led by uncouth thoughts and care , Which did too much his penfive mind amaze , A ...
Page 28
... never Envy did disjoin Their hearts from me , nor Pride diftemper mine . Thus my first years in happiness I past , Nor any bitter cup did taste : But , oh ! a deadly potion came at last . } As As I lay loosely on my bed , Athousand ...
... never Envy did disjoin Their hearts from me , nor Pride diftemper mine . Thus my first years in happiness I past , Nor any bitter cup did taste : But , oh ! a deadly potion came at last . } As As I lay loosely on my bed , Athousand ...
Page 30
... never poet had before . She promis'd me to raise my fortune and my name , By royal fovour , and by endless fame ; But never told How hard they were to get , how difficult to hold . Thus Thus by the arts of this moft fly Deluder was OT ...
... never poet had before . She promis'd me to raise my fortune and my name , By royal fovour , and by endless fame ; But never told How hard they were to get , how difficult to hold . Thus Thus by the arts of this moft fly Deluder was OT ...
Page 31
... never met but we enjoy'd , Still tranfported , never cloy'd . Chambers , clofets , fields , and groves , Bore witness of our daily loves ; And on the bark of every tree You might the marks of our endearments fee . Diftichs , pofies ...
... never met but we enjoy'd , Still tranfported , never cloy'd . Chambers , clofets , fields , and groves , Bore witness of our daily loves ; And on the bark of every tree You might the marks of our endearments fee . Diftichs , pofies ...
Page 32
... never write again , Refolv'd to be a doating fool no more . But when my reckoning I began to make , I found too long I'd flept , and was too late awake ; I found m ' ungrateful Muse , for whose false fake I did myself undo , Had robb'd ...
... never write again , Refolv'd to be a doating fool no more . But when my reckoning I began to make , I found too long I'd flept , and was too late awake ; I found m ' ungrateful Muse , for whose false fake I did myself undo , Had robb'd ...
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