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This pow'r has praise , that virtue scarce can warm , Till fame supplies the universal charm . ... Peace courts his hand , but spreads her charms in vain ; ' Think nothing gain'd , he cries , till nought remain , ' On Moscow's walls ...
This pow'r has praise , that virtue scarce can warm , Till fame supplies the universal charm . ... Peace courts his hand , but spreads her charms in vain ; ' Think nothing gain'd , he cries , till nought remain , ' On Moscow's walls ...
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... Seats of my youth , when every sport could please , How often have I loitered o'er thy green , Where humble happiness endeared each scene ; How often have I paused on every charm , The sheltered cot , the cultivated farm , The never ...
... Seats of my youth , when every sport could please , How often have I loitered o'er thy green , Where humble happiness endeared each scene ; How often have I paused on every charm , The sheltered cot , the cultivated farm , The never ...
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As some fair female unadorned and plain , Secure to please while youth confirms her reign , Slights every borrowed charm that dress supplies , Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes : But when those charms are passed , for charms ...
As some fair female unadorned and plain , Secure to please while youth confirms her reign , Slights every borrowed charm that dress supplies , Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes : But when those charms are passed , for charms ...
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Contents
CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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| Title | The Oxford Library of English Poetry: Sackville to Keats Volume 2 of The Oxford Library of English Poetry, John Wain |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1986 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192122460, 9780192122469 |
| Length | 511 pages |
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