Silver Poets of the Eighteenth CenturyArthur Pollard |
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Page 94
... light as feather Bid the slaves of thrift farewel . Call the Bettys , Kates , and Jennys Ev'ry name that laughs at Care , Lavish of your Grandsire's guineas , Show the Spirit of an heir . All that prey on vice and folly Joy to see their ...
... light as feather Bid the slaves of thrift farewel . Call the Bettys , Kates , and Jennys Ev'ry name that laughs at Care , Lavish of your Grandsire's guineas , Show the Spirit of an heir . All that prey on vice and folly Joy to see their ...
Page 185
... light in frolic measures ; Now pursuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops they meet : To brisk notes in cadence beating Glance their many - twinkling feet . Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare : Where'er she ...
... light in frolic measures ; Now pursuing , now retreating , Now in circling troops they meet : To brisk notes in cadence beating Glance their many - twinkling feet . Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare : Where'er she ...
Page 268
... light shoe worn by comic actors in the classical theatre . 59. Miletus , Aristides of ( 2nd cent . B.C. ) , writer of short love - stories . 61. you , probably Boccaccio ( 1313-75 ) , who lived in Florence . 63. Him , Cervantes ( 1547 ...
... light shoe worn by comic actors in the classical theatre . 59. Miletus , Aristides of ( 2nd cent . B.C. ) , writer of short love - stories . 61. you , probably Boccaccio ( 1313-75 ) , who lived in Florence . 63. Him , Cervantes ( 1547 ...
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A Description of the Morning | 8 |
Horace Lib 2 Sat 6 | 28 |
A Satirical Elegy on the Death | 34 |
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