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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... youths and lovers , tell , What fair can Amoret excell ? II . Behold that bright unfullied smile , And wisdom ... youth and mirth and frolick cheer , Add half that funshine to the hours , Or make life's prospect half so clear , As ...
... youths and lovers , tell , What fair can Amoret excell ? II . Behold that bright unfullied smile , And wisdom ... youth and mirth and frolick cheer , Add half that funshine to the hours , Or make life's prospect half so clear , As ...
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... youth immortal lives ; And in their adamantine page Thy glory ftill furvives . Thro ' deep Savannahs wild and vaft , Unheard , unknown thro ' ages past , Beneath the fun's directer beams What copious torrents pour their streams ! No ...
... youth immortal lives ; And in their adamantine page Thy glory ftill furvives . Thro ' deep Savannahs wild and vaft , Unheard , unknown thro ' ages past , Beneath the fun's directer beams What copious torrents pour their streams ! No ...
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... youth . Too oft we fatiate on th ' applause we pay To rifing Merit , and refume the Crown ; Full many a blooming genius , fnatch'd away , Has fallen lamented who had liv'd unknown . For hard the task , O Villiers , to fustain Th ...
... youth . Too oft we fatiate on th ' applause we pay To rifing Merit , and refume the Crown ; Full many a blooming genius , fnatch'd away , Has fallen lamented who had liv'd unknown . For hard the task , O Villiers , to fustain Th ...
Page 47
... Youth , ' tis true ; the fofter arts , YES The sweetly - founding string , and pencil's pow'r , Have warm'd to rapture even heroic hearts , And taught the rude to wonder , and adore . For Beauty charms us , whether she appears In ...
... Youth , ' tis true ; the fofter arts , YES The sweetly - founding string , and pencil's pow'r , Have warm'd to rapture even heroic hearts , And taught the rude to wonder , and adore . For Beauty charms us , whether she appears In ...
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... youth unborn . For wifely Rome her warlike Sons rewards With the sweet labours of her Artists ' hands ; He wakes her Graces , who her empire guards , And both Minervas join in willing bands . O why , O why , Britannia , why untrophied ...
... youth unborn . For wifely Rome her warlike Sons rewards With the sweet labours of her Artists ' hands ; He wakes her Graces , who her empire guards , And both Minervas join in willing bands . O why , O why , Britannia , why untrophied ...
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