A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 5Robert Dodsley |
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Page 34
... first convey'd . In Clara's eyes , the lightnings view ; Her lips with all the rofe's hue Have all its fweets combin'd ; Yet vain the blush , and faint the fire , ' Till lips at once , and eyes confpire To prove the charmer kind HOR ...
... first convey'd . In Clara's eyes , the lightnings view ; Her lips with all the rofe's hue Have all its fweets combin'd ; Yet vain the blush , and faint the fire , ' Till lips at once , and eyes confpire To prove the charmer kind HOR ...
Page 37
... first he fondly gaz'd on thee ; No more those beds of flow'rets find , Which for thy charming brows he twin'd . Each wayward paffion foon would tear His bofom , now fo void of care ; And , when they left his ebbing vein , What , but ...
... first he fondly gaz'd on thee ; No more those beds of flow'rets find , Which for thy charming brows he twin'd . Each wayward paffion foon would tear His bofom , now fo void of care ; And , when they left his ebbing vein , What , but ...
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... not fuch a bitch in king George's dominion ! And I firmly believe , if thou knew'ft her as I do , Thou would'st chufe out a whipping - poft , first , to be ty'd to . D4 . She's She's peevish , fhe's thievih , fhe's ugly , fhe's [ 55 ]
... not fuch a bitch in king George's dominion ! And I firmly believe , if thou knew'ft her as I do , Thou would'st chufe out a whipping - poft , first , to be ty'd to . D4 . She's She's peevish , fhe's thievih , fhe's ugly , fhe's [ 55 ]
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... first of foolish mirth , The nurs'ry's ftudy , children's play , Inferior far to Namby's lay . What vacant Folly first admir'd , And then with emulation fir'd , Gravely to imitate , afpir'd . " Tis oppofite to all good writing , In each ...
... first of foolish mirth , The nurs'ry's ftudy , children's play , Inferior far to Namby's lay . What vacant Folly first admir'd , And then with emulation fir'd , Gravely to imitate , afpir'd . " Tis oppofite to all good writing , In each ...
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... First cousin to the mustard - pot ! What boots it how our life began ? .. " Tis breeding makes the gentleman . Yet would you fearch my pedigree , I rofe like Venus from the séa : The fun , whofe influence you boast , Nurs'd me upon the ...
... First cousin to the mustard - pot ! What boots it how our life began ? .. " Tis breeding makes the gentleman . Yet would you fearch my pedigree , I rofe like Venus from the séa : The fun , whofe influence you boast , Nurs'd me upon the ...
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