The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each |
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... vain attempted to find the burial place of Collins . To view the beauties of my native land , O'er many a pleasing ... vain- In vain I ask - for none can point the place . What boots the eye whose quick observant glance Marks every ...
... vain attempted to find the burial place of Collins . To view the beauties of my native land , O'er many a pleasing ... vain- In vain I ask - for none can point the place . What boots the eye whose quick observant glance Marks every ...
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... vain That Love shall blind , when once he fires the swain ; Or hope a lover by your faults to win , As spots on ermine beautify the skin : Who seeks secure to rule , be first her care Each softer virtue that adorns the fair ; Each ...
... vain That Love shall blind , when once he fires the swain ; Or hope a lover by your faults to win , As spots on ermine beautify the skin : Who seeks secure to rule , be first her care Each softer virtue that adorns the fair ; Each ...
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... vain ye hope the dear delights to know , Which plains more blest , or verdant vales bestow : Here rocks alone and tasteless sands are found , And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around . Sad was the hour , and luckless was the day ...
... vain ye hope the dear delights to know , Which plains more blest , or verdant vales bestow : Here rocks alone and tasteless sands are found , And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around . Sad was the hour , and luckless was the day ...
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... vain ! Yet as thou go'st may every blast arise Weak and unfelt , as these rejected sighs ! Safe o'er the wild , no perils may'st thou see , No griefs endure , nor weep , false youth , like me ! O let me safely to the fair return , Say ...
... vain ! Yet as thou go'st may every blast arise Weak and unfelt , as these rejected sighs ! Safe o'er the wild , no perils may'st thou see , No griefs endure , nor weep , false youth , like me ! O let me safely to the fair return , Say ...
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... vain , unheard , thou call'st thy Persian lord ! In vain thou court'st him , helpless , to thine aid , To shield the shepherd , and protect the maid ! Far off , in thoughtless indolence resign'd , Soft dreams of love and pleasure soothe ...
... vain , unheard , thou call'st thy Persian lord ! In vain thou court'st him , helpless , to thine aid , To shield the shepherd , and protect the maid ! Far off , in thoughtless indolence resign'd , Soft dreams of love and pleasure soothe ...
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Amyntas bard beauty beneath blast blest bloom blooming band bosom bower breast breathe charms cliffs clouds Corydon Damætas Daphnis dark death deep delight divine dread drest ECLOGUE Edwin Eton College fair fame Fancy Fancy's fate fear fire flame flocks flowers gale gentle glory glow grace Gray grove hail hand hear heart Heaven hope Julius Cæsar lonely Lycidas lyre maid Margaret of Anjou melting Menalcas mighty mind Mopsus mountains mourn Muse Nature's ne'er numbers nymph o'er peace Pindaric plain poem pomp pride rage rapture reign rills round sacred sailor young scene shade shepherd sing skies smile soft song soothe soul spring storm strain stream sublime sung swain sweet tear thee thine Thormodus Torfæus thou thought toil trembling truth Twas vale verse virtue voice warbling wave wild winds wing yonder youth