The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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... pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God , or Beast ; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer ; Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his Reason such , Whether he ...
... pride , He hangs between ; in doubt to act , or rest ; In doubt to deem himself a God , or Beast ; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer ; Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his Reason such , Whether he ...
Page 157
... Pride In our Sex , ( she reply'd , ) And thus ( might I gratify both ) I wou'd do : Still an Angel appear to each Lover beside , But still be a Woman to you . 98 Poems on Several Occasions , 1722 A Night - Piece on Death B No more I ...
... Pride In our Sex , ( she reply'd , ) And thus ( might I gratify both ) I wou'd do : Still an Angel appear to each Lover beside , But still be a Woman to you . 98 Poems on Several Occasions , 1722 A Night - Piece on Death B No more I ...
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... pride , When once destroyed , can never be supplied . The Deserted Village , 1770 Blest Retirement WEET AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour , SWEE Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power . Here as I take my solitary rounds ...
... pride , When once destroyed , can never be supplied . The Deserted Village , 1770 Blest Retirement WEET AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour , SWEE Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power . Here as I take my solitary rounds ...
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