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Page 123
... sound . Belinda still her downy pillow prest , Her guardian sylph prolong'd the balmy rest : ' Twas he had summon'd to her silent bed The morning - dream that hover'd o'er her head : 20 A youth more glitt'ring than a birthnight - beau , ...
... sound . Belinda still her downy pillow prest , Her guardian sylph prolong'd the balmy rest : ' Twas he had summon'd to her silent bed The morning - dream that hover'd o'er her head : 20 A youth more glitt'ring than a birthnight - beau , ...
Page 127
... Twas then , Belinda , if report say true , Thy eyes first open'd on a billet - doux ; Wounds , charms , and ardours , were no sooner read , But all the vision vanish'd from thy head . And now , unveil'd , the toilet stands display'd ...
... Twas then , Belinda , if report say true , Thy eyes first open'd on a billet - doux ; Wounds , charms , and ardours , were no sooner read , But all the vision vanish'd from thy head . And now , unveil'd , the toilet stands display'd ...
Page 144
... Twas this the morning omens seem'd to tell , Thrice from my trembling hand the patch - box fell ; The tott'ring China shook without a wind , Nay , Poll sat mute , and Shock was most unkind ! A sylph , too , warn'd me of the threats of ...
... Twas this the morning omens seem'd to tell , Thrice from my trembling hand the patch - box fell ; The tott'ring China shook without a wind , Nay , Poll sat mute , and Shock was most unkind ! A sylph , too , warn'd me of the threats of ...
Page 158
... twas not much to bid one kind adieu , ( At least to feign was never hard to you :) 105 110 66 Farewell , my Lesbian love ! " you might have said ; Or coldly thus , " Farewel , O Lesbian maid ! " No tear did you , no parting kiss receive ...
... twas not much to bid one kind adieu , ( At least to feign was never hard to you :) 105 110 66 Farewell , my Lesbian love ! " you might have said ; Or coldly thus , " Farewel , O Lesbian maid ! " No tear did you , no parting kiss receive ...
Page 171
... twas no sin to love ; Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran , Nor wish'd an angel whom I lov'd a man . Dim and remote the joys of saints I see ; 70 Nor envy them that heav'n I loose for thee . How oft , when press'd to marriage ...
... twas no sin to love ; Back through the paths of pleasing sense I ran , Nor wish'd an angel whom I lov'd a man . Dim and remote the joys of saints I see ; 70 Nor envy them that heav'n I loose for thee . How oft , when press'd to marriage ...
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Page 48 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.
Page 230 - Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew; For me, the mine a thousand treasures brings; For me, health gushes from a thousand springs; Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My foot-stool earth, my canopy the skies.
Page 229 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Page 234 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same. Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 235 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 229 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 229 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 133 - As into air the purer spirits flow, And sep'rate from their kindred dregs below, So flew the soul to its congenial place, Nor left one virtue to redeem her race.
Page 29 - Pursues that chain which links th' immense design, Joins heaven and earth, and mortal and divine ; Sees that no being any bliss can know, But touches some above, and some below ; Learns from this union of the rising whole, The first, last purpose of the human soul ; And knows where faith, law, morals, all began, All end in love of God and love of man.
Page 79 - Safe from the treach'rous friend, the daring spark, The glance by day, the whisper in the dark, When kind occasion prompts their warm desires, 75 When music softens, and when dancing fires? Tis but their Sylph, the wise Celestials know, Tho' Honour is the word with Men below.