The Works of the English Poets, Volume 33W. and A. Strahan, 1779 - 360 pages |
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... please such as it was a credit to please . To what degree I have done this , I am really ignorant ; I had too much fondness for my productions to judge of them at first , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at laft . But I ...
... please such as it was a credit to please . To what degree I have done this , I am really ignorant ; I had too much fondness for my productions to judge of them at first , and too much judgment to be pleased with them at laft . But I ...
Page 32
... please thy eyes no more , I hun the fountains which I fought before . Oce I was skill'd in every herb that grew , Ad every plant that drinks the morning dew ; Al wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art , Tocure thy lambs , but not to ...
... please thy eyes no more , I hun the fountains which I fought before . Oce I was skill'd in every herb that grew , Ad every plant that drinks the morning dew ; Al wretched fhepherd , what avails thy art , Tocure thy lambs , but not to ...
Page 33
... please the rural thròng , Rough Satyrs dance , and Pan applauds the fong : The Nymphs , forfaking every cave and spring , Their early fruit and milk - white turtles bring ! Each amorous nymph prefers her gifts in vain , On you their ...
... please the rural thròng , Rough Satyrs dance , and Pan applauds the fong : The Nymphs , forfaking every cave and spring , Their early fruit and milk - white turtles bring ! Each amorous nymph prefers her gifts in vain , On you their ...
Page 66
... please , Succeffive ftudy , exercise , and ease . He gathers health from herbs the forest yields , And of their fragrant phyfic spoils the fields : With chemic arts exalt the mineral powers , And draws the aromatic fouls of flowers ...
... please , Succeffive ftudy , exercise , and ease . He gathers health from herbs the forest yields , And of their fragrant phyfic spoils the fields : With chemic arts exalt the mineral powers , And draws the aromatic fouls of flowers ...
Page 81
... please : Our joys below it can improve , And antedate the blifs above . This the divine Cecilia found , And to her Maker's praise confin'd the found . When the full organ joins the tuneful quire , Th ' immortal powers incline their ear ...
... please : Our joys below it can improve , And antedate the blifs above . This the divine Cecilia found , And to her Maker's praise confin'd the found . When the full organ joins the tuneful quire , Th ' immortal powers incline their ear ...
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