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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... wave , Mix'd with Euphrates in tumultuous joy , Doth the broad plains of Babylonia lave . ' Tis II . gone with all its charms ; and like a dream , Like Babylon itself , is fwept away ; Bestow one tear upon the mournful theme , But let ...
... wave , Mix'd with Euphrates in tumultuous joy , Doth the broad plains of Babylonia lave . ' Tis II . gone with all its charms ; and like a dream , Like Babylon itself , is fwept away ; Bestow one tear upon the mournful theme , But let ...
Page 177
... waves again , He calls on us , but calls in vain ; To death preserves his friendship true , And mutters out a kind adieu . See now he rifes to our fight , Now finks in everlafting night . Here Fanny's colour rofe and fell , And ...
... waves again , He calls on us , but calls in vain ; To death preserves his friendship true , And mutters out a kind adieu . See now he rifes to our fight , Now finks in everlafting night . Here Fanny's colour rofe and fell , And ...
Page 189
... waves , or dash against the shore ; Teach wretched mortals they were doom'd to mourn , And ne'er muft reft but in the filent urn . But fay , young monarch , for what name you bear Your mien , your dress , your perfon , all declare ; And ...
... waves , or dash against the shore ; Teach wretched mortals they were doom'd to mourn , And ne'er muft reft but in the filent urn . But fay , young monarch , for what name you bear Your mien , your dress , your perfon , all declare ; And ...
Page 198
... wave his joys awhile , and take a fhort repose . The scene invites him , and the wanton breeze That whispers thro ' the vale , the dancing trees , The warbling birds , and rills that gently creep , All join their mufic to prolong his ...
... wave his joys awhile , and take a fhort repose . The scene invites him , and the wanton breeze That whispers thro ' the vale , the dancing trees , The warbling birds , and rills that gently creep , All join their mufic to prolong his ...
Page 213
... In thofe expreffive eyes I view . And I with grateful zeal could hafte To China for the mereft toy ; Could fcorch on Lybia's barren waste , To give my dear a moment's joy . 0 3 t But But fickle as the wave or wind , I once [ 213 ]
... In thofe expreffive eyes I view . And I with grateful zeal could hafte To China for the mereft toy ; Could fcorch on Lybia's barren waste , To give my dear a moment's joy . 0 3 t But But fickle as the wave or wind , I once [ 213 ]
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