A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 6For R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall, 1763 - 336 pages |
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Page 61
... soft Neæra touch the trembling string ; Enjoy the present hour , nor feek to know What good or ill to - morrow may bestow . But these delights foon pall upon the taste ; Let's try then if more serious cannot last : Wealth let us heap on ...
... soft Neæra touch the trembling string ; Enjoy the present hour , nor feek to know What good or ill to - morrow may bestow . But these delights foon pall upon the taste ; Let's try then if more serious cannot last : Wealth let us heap on ...
Page 106
... soft retreat , Life difencumber'd , frolickfom , and free , All eafe . all mirth , and high felicity . Whome'er by their inveigling arts they win To tread that magic paradise of Sin , 150 In airy dance his jocund hours fkim round , 155 ...
... soft retreat , Life difencumber'd , frolickfom , and free , All eafe . all mirth , and high felicity . Whome'er by their inveigling arts they win To tread that magic paradise of Sin , 150 In airy dance his jocund hours fkim round , 155 ...
Page 152
... soft bed , And thro ' their flowing mantles thin , Clear azure spots of sky are feen , I quit fome oak's close - cover'd bow'r To tafte the boon of new - fall'n fhow'r , To pace the corn - field's graffy edge Clofe by a fresh - blown ...
... soft bed , And thro ' their flowing mantles thin , Clear azure spots of sky are feen , I quit fome oak's close - cover'd bow'r To tafte the boon of new - fall'n fhow'r , To pace the corn - field's graffy edge Clofe by a fresh - blown ...
Page 208
... soft distress , extend thy care To fave an old man's life , and ease the load I bear . So may propitious heav'n your journey speed , Prolong your days , and all your vows fucceed . Mov'd with the pray'r the kind Porfenna ftaid , Too ...
... soft distress , extend thy care To fave an old man's life , and ease the load I bear . So may propitious heav'n your journey speed , Prolong your days , and all your vows fucceed . Mov'd with the pray'r the kind Porfenna ftaid , Too ...
Page 215
... Soft echoing down the dale . While artless Cloe hence retir'd , Shall this fad maxim prove ; No bofom , once with love infpir'd , Could ever cease to love .. 04 To To the Memory of an agreeable LADY bury'd in Marriage [ 115 ]
... Soft echoing down the dale . While artless Cloe hence retir'd , Shall this fad maxim prove ; No bofom , once with love infpir'd , Could ever cease to love .. 04 To To the Memory of an agreeable LADY bury'd in Marriage [ 115 ]
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