Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1857 |
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... Sappho to Phaon 51 84588RNS Page 39 42 66 70 72 73 74 95 118 - 120 122 · . 123 Elosa to Abelard 131- The Temple of Fame · 141 January and May 155 The Wife of Bath , her Prologue · 177 Thebais of Statius The Fable of Dryope Vertumnus and ...
... Sappho to Phaon 51 84588RNS Page 39 42 66 70 72 73 74 95 118 - 120 122 · . 123 Elosa to Abelard 131- The Temple of Fame · 141 January and May 155 The Wife of Bath , her Prologue · 177 Thebais of Statius The Fable of Dryope Vertumnus and ...
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... SAPPHO TO PHAON . From the fifteenth of Ovid's Epistles . ARGUMENT . Phaon , a youth of exquisite beauty , was deeply ena- moured of Sappho , a lady of Lesbos , from whom he met with the tenderest returns of passion but his affec- tion ...
... SAPPHO TO PHAON . From the fifteenth of Ovid's Epistles . ARGUMENT . Phaon , a youth of exquisite beauty , was deeply ena- moured of Sappho , a lady of Lesbos , from whom he met with the tenderest returns of passion but his affec- tion ...
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... Sappho's hand ? Must then her name the wretched writer prove , To thy remembrance lost , as to thy love ? Ask not the cause that I new numbers choose , The lute neglected , and the Lyric Muse . Love taught my tears in sadder notes to ...
... Sappho's hand ? Must then her name the wretched writer prove , To thy remembrance lost , as to thy love ? Ask not the cause that I new numbers choose , The lute neglected , and the Lyric Muse . Love taught my tears in sadder notes to ...
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... Sappho's praise Though great Alceus more sublimely sings , And strikes with bolder rage the sounding strings , No less renown attends the moving lyre , Which Venus tunes , and all her loves inspire ; To me what nature has in charms ...
... Sappho's praise Though great Alceus more sublimely sings , And strikes with bolder rage the sounding strings , No less renown attends the moving lyre , Which Venus tunes , and all her loves inspire ; To me what nature has in charms ...
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... Sappho use such arts as these ! He's gone , whom only she desired to please ! Cupid's light darts my tender bosom move , Still is there cause for Sappho still to love : So from my birth the Sisters fix'd my doom , And gave to Venus all ...
... Sappho use such arts as these ! He's gone , whom only she desired to please ! Cupid's light darts my tender bosom move , Still is there cause for Sappho still to love : So from my birth the Sisters fix'd my doom , And gave to Venus all ...
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