Select Miscellaneous Productions, of Mrs. Day, and Thomas Day, Esq., in Verse and Prose: Also, Some Detached Pieces of PoetryT. Jones, 1805 - 255 pages |
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... o'er aw'd by beauty's blaze The wond'ring youths transported gaze ! For not the lustre of thy face , Adorn'd with ev'ry matchless grace ; For not the lightnings of thine eye , Could e'er excite one tender sigh , Let vulgar souls , by ...
... o'er aw'd by beauty's blaze The wond'ring youths transported gaze ! For not the lustre of thy face , Adorn'd with ev'ry matchless grace ; For not the lightnings of thine eye , Could e'er excite one tender sigh , Let vulgar souls , by ...
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... o'er my bier ? Wilt thou not then , lament to see The youth who wanders far from thee ? So , gentle maid , may every pow'r , Protect and guide thy virgin hour ! Thy Thy days be crown'd with calm delight , Whilst angels Oh! when, as fate ...
... o'er my bier ? Wilt thou not then , lament to see The youth who wanders far from thee ? So , gentle maid , may every pow'r , Protect and guide thy virgin hour ! Thy Thy days be crown'd with calm delight , Whilst angels Oh! when, as fate ...
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... o'er the green ! Such forms as oft , by bow'r and haunted streams , Descend mysterious on the poet's dreams ! There ... o'er the dead ! She once like thee , to hope's gay vision born , Shone like the lustre of the dewy morn ; One One ...
... o'er the green ! Such forms as oft , by bow'r and haunted streams , Descend mysterious on the poet's dreams ! There ... o'er the dead ! She once like thee , to hope's gay vision born , Shone like the lustre of the dewy morn ; One One ...
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... o'er , Lo , youth , and hope , and beauty are no more ! Go now in mirth the fleeting hours employ , Go snatch the flow'rs of transitory joy ! Let feast and revelry prolong the night , The lyre transport thee , and the dance delight ...
... o'er , Lo , youth , and hope , and beauty are no more ! Go now in mirth the fleeting hours employ , Go snatch the flow'rs of transitory joy ! Let feast and revelry prolong the night , The lyre transport thee , and the dance delight ...
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... o'er the pathless mountains stray . From vice , from folly , pomp , and noise , On Reason's wings I fly : All hail ye long expected joys Of calm tranquillity ! At least in this secure retreat , Unvisited by kings , Has virtue fix'd her ...
... o'er the pathless mountains stray . From vice , from folly , pomp , and noise , On Reason's wings I fly : All hail ye long expected joys Of calm tranquillity ! At least in this secure retreat , Unvisited by kings , Has virtue fix'd her ...
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