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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... fair fequel told . * II . 2 . Then drew the lawgivers around , ( Sires of the Grecian name renown'd ) And listening ask'd , and wondering knew , What private force could thus fubdue The vulgar and the great combin❜d ; Could war with ...
... fair fequel told . * II . 2 . Then drew the lawgivers around , ( Sires of the Grecian name renown'd ) And listening ask'd , and wondering knew , What private force could thus fubdue The vulgar and the great combin❜d ; Could war with ...
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... The learned fhepherd ; for each rural art Fam'd , and for fongs harmonious , and the woes Of ill - requited love . The faithless pride Of fair Matilda fank him to the grave In In manhood's prime . But foon did righteous heaven With [ 31 ]
... The learned fhepherd ; for each rural art Fam'd , and for fongs harmonious , and the woes Of ill - requited love . The faithless pride Of fair Matilda fank him to the grave In In manhood's prime . But foon did righteous heaven With [ 31 ]
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... fair maid May hold it in remembrance , and be taught That riches cannot pay for truth or love . O IV . YOUTHS and virgins : O declining eld : O pale misfortune's flaves : O ye who ' dwell Unknown with humble quiet ; ye who wait In ...
... fair maid May hold it in remembrance , and be taught That riches cannot pay for truth or love . O IV . YOUTHS and virgins : O declining eld : O pale misfortune's flaves : O ye who ' dwell Unknown with humble quiet ; ye who wait In ...
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... fair can Amoret excell ? II . Behold that bright unfullied smile , And wisdom speaking in her mien : Yet ( she so artless all the while , So little ftudious to be seen ) We nought but inftant gladness know , Nor think to whom the gift ...
... fair can Amoret excell ? II . Behold that bright unfullied smile , And wisdom speaking in her mien : Yet ( she so artless all the while , So little ftudious to be seen ) We nought but inftant gladness know , Nor think to whom the gift ...
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... fair scyon of Apollo's tree The facred duft of young Marcellus lives . > Pluck not the leaf - ' twere facrilege to wound Th ' ideal memory of so sweet a fhade ; In these fad feats , an early grave he found , And the first rites to ...
... fair scyon of Apollo's tree The facred duft of young Marcellus lives . > Pluck not the leaf - ' twere facrilege to wound Th ' ideal memory of so sweet a fhade ; In these fad feats , an early grave he found , And the first rites to ...
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