Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas TomkinsJ. Wallis, 1785 - 204 pages |
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... fhade that follows wealth or fame , " But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier found , " The modern fair - one's jeft , " On earth unfeen , or only found " To warm the turtle's nest . For fhame , fond youth , thy ...
... fhade that follows wealth or fame , " But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is still an emptier found , " The modern fair - one's jeft , " On earth unfeen , or only found " To warm the turtle's nest . For fhame , fond youth , thy ...
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... fhade . Perch'd o'er his head the fylvan Syren fate , With envy burning , and with pride elate ; Ambitiously the lent a lift'ning ear , Charm'd with the very founds she dy'd to hear : Each note , each flowing accent of the song , She ...
... fhade . Perch'd o'er his head the fylvan Syren fate , With envy burning , and with pride elate ; Ambitiously the lent a lift'ning ear , Charm'd with the very founds she dy'd to hear : Each note , each flowing accent of the song , She ...
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... fhade By the ivy'd abbey wall . Echo in her airy round , XIII . O'er the river , rock , and hill , Cannot catch a single found , Save the clack of yonder mill . XIV . Cattle court the zephyrs bland , Where the 120 SELECT POEMS .
... fhade By the ivy'd abbey wall . Echo in her airy round , XIII . O'er the river , rock , and hill , Cannot catch a single found , Save the clack of yonder mill . XIV . Cattle court the zephyrs bland , Where the 120 SELECT POEMS .
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... fhade with a religious awe . And ye ! whofe bolder note is heard afar , Who shake th ' astonish'd world , lift high to Heaven Th ' impetuous fong , and say from whom you rage . His praise , ye Brooks ! attune , ye trembling Rills ! And ...
... fhade with a religious awe . And ye ! whofe bolder note is heard afar , Who shake th ' astonish'd world , lift high to Heaven Th ' impetuous fong , and say from whom you rage . His praise , ye Brooks ! attune , ye trembling Rills ! And ...
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... fhade , In fighs to pour his foften'd foul , The midnight mourner ftray'd . XV . His cheek , where health with beauty glow'd , A deadly pale o'ercast : So fades the fresh rofe in its prime , Before the northern blaft , XVI . The parents ...
... fhade , In fighs to pour his foften'd foul , The midnight mourner ftray'd . XV . His cheek , where health with beauty glow'd , A deadly pale o'ercast : So fades the fresh rofe in its prime , Before the northern blaft , XVI . The parents ...
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