The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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... Happy Slave , ΜΕ A merry wretched Man , I slight the Nymphs I cannot have , Nor Doat on those I can . This constant Maxim still I hold , To baffle all Despair ; The Absent Ugly are and Old , The Present Young and Fair . 1672-1729 The ...
... Happy Slave , ΜΕ A merry wretched Man , I slight the Nymphs I cannot have , Nor Doat on those I can . This constant Maxim still I hold , To baffle all Despair ; The Absent Ugly are and Old , The Present Young and Fair . 1672-1729 The ...
Page 487
... happy still , if one superior rock Bear on its brow the shiver'd fragment huge Of some old Norman fortress ; happier far , Ah , then most happy , if thy vale below Wash , with the crystal coolness of its rills , Some mouldring abbey's ...
... happy still , if one superior rock Bear on its brow the shiver'd fragment huge Of some old Norman fortress ; happier far , Ah , then most happy , if thy vale below Wash , with the crystal coolness of its rills , Some mouldring abbey's ...
Page 720
... happy were my days , till now 21 212 . How has kind Heav'n adorn'd the happy Land How pleas'd within my native bowers 436 How rich the wave , in front , imprest 235 How sleep the Brave , who sink to Rest 88 How still the Sea ! behold ...
... happy were my days , till now 21 212 . How has kind Heav'n adorn'd the happy Land How pleas'd within my native bowers 436 How rich the wave , in front , imprest 235 How sleep the Brave , who sink to Rest 88 How still the Sea ! behold ...
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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