A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands: With NotesJ. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... heart if what I tell be true ? To the green margin of a lonely wood , Whose pendent shades o'erlook'd a filver flood , Young Damon came , unknowing where he stray'd , Full of the image of his beauteous maid : His flock far off , unfed ...
... heart if what I tell be true ? To the green margin of a lonely wood , Whose pendent shades o'erlook'd a filver flood , Young Damon came , unknowing where he stray'd , Full of the image of his beauteous maid : His flock far off , unfed ...
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... heart employ'd on her alone . Then too fhe fmil'd : can fmiles our peace destroy , Those lovely children of Content and Joy ? How can foft pleasure and tormenting woe , From the fame fpring at the fame moment flow ? A 2 Whhappy Unhappy ...
... heart employ'd on her alone . Then too fhe fmil'd : can fmiles our peace destroy , Those lovely children of Content and Joy ? How can foft pleasure and tormenting woe , From the fame fpring at the fame moment flow ? A 2 Whhappy Unhappy ...
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... heart How kind fhe was , and with what pleasing art She ftrove its fondeft wishes to obtain , Confirm her pow'r , and faster bind my chain . If on the green we danc'd , a mirthful band , To me alone she gave her willing hand ; Her ...
... heart How kind fhe was , and with what pleasing art She ftrove its fondeft wishes to obtain , Confirm her pow'r , and faster bind my chain . If on the green we danc'd , a mirthful band , To me alone she gave her willing hand ; Her ...
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... heart fuffer'd when she gave me pain . young : Pleas'd with this flattering thought , the love - fick boy Felt the faint dawnings of a doubtful joy ; Back to his flock more chearful he return'd , When now the setting fun lefs fiercely ...
... heart fuffer'd when she gave me pain . young : Pleas'd with this flattering thought , the love - fick boy Felt the faint dawnings of a doubtful joy ; Back to his flock more chearful he return'd , When now the setting fun lefs fiercely ...
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... heart ; O would't thou quit the pride of courts , and deign To dwell with us upon the vocal plain , Thee too his pow'r fhould reach , and every fhade Refound the praises of thy fav'rite maid ; Thy pipe our rural concert would improve ...
... heart ; O would't thou quit the pride of courts , and deign To dwell with us upon the vocal plain , Thee too his pow'r fhould reach , and every fhade Refound the praises of thy fav'rite maid ; Thy pipe our rural concert would improve ...
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Page 280 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Page 281 - Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear, Disclose the long-expecting flowers And wake the purple year! The attic warbler pours her throat Responsive to the cuckoo's note, The untaught harmony of Spring: While, whispering pleasure as they fly, Cool Zephyrs thro' the clear blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling.
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Page 83 - O best of wives ! O dearer far to me Than when thy virgin charms Were yielded to my arms, How can my soul endure the loss of thee?
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