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love is thine , And joy , and jealousy divine ; Thine hope's eternal fort , And care thy leisure to disturb , With fear concupiscence to curb , And rapture to transport . Act simply , as occasion asks ; Put mellow wine in seasoned casks ...
love is thine , And joy , and jealousy divine ; Thine hope's eternal fort , And care thy leisure to disturb , With fear concupiscence to curb , And rapture to transport . Act simply , as occasion asks ; Put mellow wine in seasoned casks ...
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Ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shiv'ring female lies . She once , perhaps , in village plenty bless'd , Has wept at tales of innocence distress'd ; Her modest looks the cottage might adorn , Sweet as the primrose peeps ...
Ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shiv'ring female lies . She once , perhaps , in village plenty bless'd , Has wept at tales of innocence distress'd ; Her modest looks the cottage might adorn , Sweet as the primrose peeps ...
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Chorus Hymeneal , Or triumphal chant , Matched with thine would be all But an empty vaunt , A thing wherein we feel there is some hidden want . What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain ? What fields , or waves , or mountains ...
Chorus Hymeneal , Or triumphal chant , Matched with thine would be all But an empty vaunt , A thing wherein we feel there is some hidden want . What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain ? What fields , or waves , or mountains ...
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CHARLES SACKVILLE EARL OF DORSET 16381706 | 1 |
ANNE COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA ?16601720 | 10 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 19 |
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