A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 5Robert Dodsley |
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... pleasing dreams ! Theirs is the rural blifs without alloy , They only that deserve , enjoy . What tho ' nor fabled Dryad haunt their grove , Nor Naiad near their fountains rove , Yet all embody'd to the mental fight , A train of fmiling ...
... pleasing dreams ! Theirs is the rural blifs without alloy , They only that deserve , enjoy . What tho ' nor fabled Dryad haunt their grove , Nor Naiad near their fountains rove , Yet all embody'd to the mental fight , A train of fmiling ...
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... pleasing scene ; But to preserve them bright or clean , Is thine , fair Queen ! alone . XXXXX XXXXXXX To a LADY of QUALITY , Fitting up her LIBRARY , 1738 . By the Same . H ! what is Science , what is Art , A or what the pleafure thefe ...
... pleasing scene ; But to preserve them bright or clean , Is thine , fair Queen ! alone . XXXXX XXXXXXX To a LADY of QUALITY , Fitting up her LIBRARY , 1738 . By the Same . H ! what is Science , what is Art , A or what the pleafure thefe ...
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... ' Twas thus * Camilla , o'er the plain , Purfu'd the glittering stranger ; Still ey'd the purple's pleasing stain , And knew not fear nor danger . * See Virgil . " Tis ' Tis you difpenfe the fav'rite meat To nature's filmy [ 47 ]
... ' Twas thus * Camilla , o'er the plain , Purfu'd the glittering stranger ; Still ey'd the purple's pleasing stain , And knew not fear nor danger . * See Virgil . " Tis ' Tis you difpenfe the fav'rite meat To nature's filmy [ 47 ]
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... pleasing pride , O'er fhady groves , and fecret vows prefide , On this myfterious pile with care attend , Protect the mistress , and the prince befriend : With both confpire to blind the wary dame , And fcreen th ' important tale from ...
... pleasing pride , O'er fhady groves , and fecret vows prefide , On this myfterious pile with care attend , Protect the mistress , and the prince befriend : With both confpire to blind the wary dame , And fcreen th ' important tale from ...
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... its wilful ears To Wifdom's prudent voice ; ' Till now arriv'd to riper years , Experienc'd age worn out with cares Repents its earlier choice . What What though its profpects now appear So pleasing and refin'd [ 219 ]
... its wilful ears To Wifdom's prudent voice ; ' Till now arriv'd to riper years , Experienc'd age worn out with cares Repents its earlier choice . What What though its profpects now appear So pleasing and refin'd [ 219 ]
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