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... ev'ry love - song roses blooms ; We lend you color and perfume . Does it to Chloe's charms conduce , To found her ... ev'ry thing , like Gay , Was known by all the bestial train , 5 Who haunt the wood , or graze the plain : 10 Her care ...
... ev'ry love - song roses blooms ; We lend you color and perfume . Does it to Chloe's charms conduce , To found her ... ev'ry thing , like Gay , Was known by all the bestial train , 5 Who haunt the wood , or graze the plain : 10 Her care ...
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... ry and deceit . 100 105 110 115 120 125 Those who true love have ever tried , ( The common cares of life supplied ) 130 No wants endure , no wishes make , But ev'ry real joy partake ; All comfort on themselves depends , They want nor ...
... ry and deceit . 100 105 110 115 120 125 Those who true love have ever tried , ( The common cares of life supplied ) 130 No wants endure , no wishes make , But ev'ry real joy partake ; All comfort on themselves depends , They want nor ...
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... ev'ry day The toil of ev'ry day supplied . His virtues walked their narrow round , Nor made a pause , nor left a void ; And sure th ' Eternal Master found The single talent well employed . The busy day , the peaceful night , 20 20 15 25 ...
... ev'ry day The toil of ev'ry day supplied . His virtues walked their narrow round , Nor made a pause , nor left a void ; And sure th ' Eternal Master found The single talent well employed . The busy day , the peaceful night , 20 20 15 25 ...
Contents
Introduction | xvii |
Matthew Prior | xxiv |
To the Honorable Charles Montague Esq | 2 |
Copyright | |
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ADORATION auld auld lang syne bard beauty beneath bless breast breath charms Christopher Smart clouds Cowper death delight Dunciad e'er earth eighteenth-century ev'n ev'ry fair fame fancy fate fear fire flame flowers frae golden reign grace hand hear heart heav'n honor hour human J. V. Cunningham John John Gay Jonathan Swift king lasses light Lord lyre maid Matthew Prior mind morn Muse nature Nature's ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace periphrasis Philip Larkin plain play pleasure poem poet poetic poetry pow'r praise pride rise round scene scorn sense shade shine sighs sing skelpin sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit Spring strain stream swain sweet Swift thee thou thought toil trembling Twas vale verse virtue voice walk wild William Cowper wind wing woods youth