The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 18
... Passion , And I may Write ' till she can Spell . For while she makes her Silk - worms Beds With all the tender things I swear , Whilst all the House my Passion reads , In Papers round her Baby's Hair , She may receive and own my Flame ...
... Passion , And I may Write ' till she can Spell . For while she makes her Silk - worms Beds With all the tender things I swear , Whilst all the House my Passion reads , In Papers round her Baby's Hair , She may receive and own my Flame ...
Page 122
... Passion , all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd , or dis - abus'd ; Created half to rise , and half to fall ; Great Lord of all things , yet a Prey to all ; Sole Judge of Truth , in endless Error hurl'd : The Glory , Jest , and Riddle ...
... Passion , all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd , or dis - abus'd ; Created half to rise , and half to fall ; Great Lord of all things , yet a Prey to all ; Sole Judge of Truth , in endless Error hurl'd : The Glory , Jest , and Riddle ...
Page 168
... Passion for Old China WHAT ecstasies her bosom fire ! How her eyes languish with desire ! How blest , how happy should I be , Were that fond glance bestow'd on me ! New doubts and fears within me war : What rival's near ? a China Jar ...
... Passion for Old China WHAT ecstasies her bosom fire ! How her eyes languish with desire ! How blest , how happy should I be , Were that fond glance bestow'd on me ! New doubts and fears within me war : What rival's near ? a China Jar ...
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auld lang syne beauty beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath busk charms chearful Cumnor dear Death delight divine dydd e'er Ev'n ev'ry eyes fair Fame Fancy Fate fear flowers frae Glory grace grave green Grongar Hill grove hand happy hear heart Heart of Oak Heav'n hill hour King live Lord lov'd lyre maid maun mind morning mourn Muse Nature's ne'er never night numbers Nymph o'er Olney Hymns pain Passion peace Pity plain pleas'd pleasure Poems poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene Scots Musical Museum shade shine sigh sing smile soft Song Sonnet sorrow soul Spring strain stream swain sweet tears tell thee thine thou thought thro toil Twas vale verse Virtue voice wave wawking weep wild wind wings wyfe wyllowe Yarrow ynne youth