The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... shepherd's humbler pride . When thus creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school - taught ...
... shepherd's humbler pride . When thus creation's charms around combine , Amidst the store , should thankless pride repine ? Say , should the philosophic mind disdain That good which makes each humbler bosom vain ? Let school - taught ...
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... Shepherd's Moral . Scene , a Valley near Bagdat . Time , the morning . E Persian maids , attend your poet's lays , " YE And hear how shepherds pass their golden days . Not all are blest whom Fortune's hand sustains With wealth in courts ...
... Shepherd's Moral . Scene , a Valley near Bagdat . Time , the morning . E Persian maids , attend your poet's lays , " YE And hear how shepherds pass their golden days . Not all are blest whom Fortune's hand sustains With wealth in courts ...
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... shepherds sought her on the silent plain ! With Truth she wedded in the secret grove ; Immortal Truth ; and ... shepherd girls shall own thee for their queen : With thee be Chastity , of all afraid , Distrusting all ; -a wise suspicious ...
... shepherds sought her on the silent plain ! With Truth she wedded in the secret grove ; Immortal Truth ; and ... shepherd girls shall own thee for their queen : With thee be Chastity , of all afraid , Distrusting all ; -a wise suspicious ...
Page 13
... shepherds lov'd ; and Selim blest his song . ECLOGUE II . Hassan ; or , the Camel - driver . Scene , the Desert . Time , Mid - day . IN silent horror o'er the boundless waste The driver Hassan with his camels past : One cruise of water ...
... shepherds lov'd ; and Selim blest his song . ECLOGUE II . Hassan ; or , the Camel - driver . Scene , the Desert . Time , Mid - day . IN silent horror o'er the boundless waste The driver Hassan with his camels past : One cruise of water ...
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... shepherd's strain ; With love delight thee , and with Abbas reign ! " Be every youth like royal Abbas mov'd ; " And every Georgian maid like Abra lov'd ! " " Yet , ' midst the blaze of courts , she fixed her love On the cool fountain ...
... shepherd's strain ; With love delight thee , and with Abbas reign ! " Be every youth like royal Abbas mov'd ; " And every Georgian maid like Abra lov'd ! " " Yet , ' midst the blaze of courts , she fixed her love On the cool fountain ...
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