A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 5Robert Dodsley |
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... never known to cloy ! While worth and genius haunt the favour'd bow'r , And every gentle breast partakes the joy ! While Charity at eve surveys the swain , Enabled by these toils to chear A train of helpless infants dear , Speed ...
... never known to cloy ! While worth and genius haunt the favour'd bow'r , And every gentle breast partakes the joy ! While Charity at eve surveys the swain , Enabled by these toils to chear A train of helpless infants dear , Speed ...
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... never cloy ; Banish each tumultuous joy : All but love - for love inspires Fonder wishes , fiercer fires . Love and all its joys be thine- Yet , ere thou the reins refign , Hear what reafon seems to say , Hear attentive , and obey ...
... never cloy ; Banish each tumultuous joy : All but love - for love inspires Fonder wishes , fiercer fires . Love and all its joys be thine- Yet , ere thou the reins refign , Hear what reafon seems to say , Hear attentive , and obey ...
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... never half fo blue . Her shape was like the reed fo fleek , So taper , ftrait , and fair ; Her dimpled fmile , her blushing cheek , How charming fweet they were ! Far in the winding Vale retir'd , This peerless bud I found ; And ...
... never half fo blue . Her shape was like the reed fo fleek , So taper , ftrait , and fair ; Her dimpled fmile , her blushing cheek , How charming fweet they were ! Far in the winding Vale retir'd , This peerless bud I found ; And ...
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... why should lingering thought invade , Yet every worldly prospect cloy ? Lend me , foft Sloth , thy friendly aid , And give me peace , debarr'd of joy . B 2 Lov'ft Lov'st thou yon calm and filent flood , That never [ 19 ]
... why should lingering thought invade , Yet every worldly prospect cloy ? Lend me , foft Sloth , thy friendly aid , And give me peace , debarr'd of joy . B 2 Lov'ft Lov'st thou yon calm and filent flood , That never [ 19 ]
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... never ebbs , that never flows ; Protected by the circling wood From each tempeftuous wind that blows ? An altar on its bank fhall rife , Where oft thy votary shall be found ; What time pale Autumn lulls the skies , And fickening verdure ...
... never ebbs , that never flows ; Protected by the circling wood From each tempeftuous wind that blows ? An altar on its bank fhall rife , Where oft thy votary shall be found ; What time pale Autumn lulls the skies , And fickening verdure ...
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