A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 5Robert Dodsley |
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... fuffer for it when he's marry'd . Thus Sal , with tears in either eye , While victor Ned fat tittering by . Thus I , long envying your fuccefs , And bent to write , and ftudy lefs , Sate down and fcribbled in a trice , Juft what [ 50 ]
... fuffer for it when he's marry'd . Thus Sal , with tears in either eye , While victor Ned fat tittering by . Thus I , long envying your fuccefs , And bent to write , and ftudy lefs , Sate down and fcribbled in a trice , Juft what [ 50 ]
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... Lefs fit for vulgar fight ; The creature , fearful to be seen , Spontaneous fhuns the light . The bat uncouth thro ' inftinct fears The prying eyes of day ; Yet when the fun no more appears , Securely wings away . ' Tis inftinct bids ...
... Lefs fit for vulgar fight ; The creature , fearful to be seen , Spontaneous fhuns the light . The bat uncouth thro ' inftinct fears The prying eyes of day ; Yet when the fun no more appears , Securely wings away . ' Tis inftinct bids ...
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... lefs for feats of chivalry renown'd When her own Guy was with her laurels crown'd . Now indolence fubjects the drowsy place , And binds in filken bonds her feeble race . No bufy artifans their fellows greet , No loaded carriages ...
... lefs for feats of chivalry renown'd When her own Guy was with her laurels crown'd . Now indolence fubjects the drowsy place , And binds in filken bonds her feeble race . No bufy artifans their fellows greet , No loaded carriages ...
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... his magic colours fpreads , Rife tower'd towns , rough rocks , and flow'ry meads : What leagues between thofe azure mountains lie , ( Whofe lefs'ning tops invade the purple sky ) . An And this old oak , that fhades this hollow way [ 94 ]
... his magic colours fpreads , Rife tower'd towns , rough rocks , and flow'ry meads : What leagues between thofe azure mountains lie , ( Whofe lefs'ning tops invade the purple sky ) . An And this old oak , that fhades this hollow way [ 94 ]
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... lefs thy peculiar sphere ; There unattended you vouchfafe to shroud Your beauties , gentle Potentate ; with me By vale or brook to loiter not difpleas'd : Hear the ftream's pebbled roar , and the sweet bee Humming her fairy - tunes , in ...
... lefs thy peculiar sphere ; There unattended you vouchfafe to shroud Your beauties , gentle Potentate ; with me By vale or brook to loiter not difpleas'd : Hear the ftream's pebbled roar , and the sweet bee Humming her fairy - tunes , in ...
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