The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 147
... Sighs with a Sigh did reply ; And the Brook , in return to his Pain , Ran mournfully murmuring by . Alas , silly Swain that I was ! Thus sadly complaining he cry'd , When first I beheld that fair Face , " Twere better by far I had dy'd ...
... Sighs with a Sigh did reply ; And the Brook , in return to his Pain , Ran mournfully murmuring by . Alas , silly Swain that I was ! Thus sadly complaining he cry'd , When first I beheld that fair Face , " Twere better by far I had dy'd ...
Page 462
... sighs , for hoards are wanting still : Thus to my breast alternate passions rise , Pleas'd with each good that heaven to man supplies : Yet oft a sigh prevails , and sorrows fall , To see the sum of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish ...
... sighs , for hoards are wanting still : Thus to my breast alternate passions rise , Pleas'd with each good that heaven to man supplies : Yet oft a sigh prevails , and sorrows fall , To see the sum of human bliss so small ; And oft I wish ...
Page 478
David Nichol Smith. Sigh no more , lady , sigh no more , Men were deceivers ever : One foot on sea and one on land , To one thing constant never . Hadst thou been fond , he had been false , And left thee sad and heavy ; For young men ...
David Nichol Smith. Sigh no more , lady , sigh no more , Men were deceivers ever : One foot on sea and one on land , To one thing constant never . Hadst thou been fond , he had been false , And left thee sad and heavy ; For young men ...
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