The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 186
... Swain has set ; Pleas'd with her self she fondly stays To die deluded in the Net : Love such Frauds for you prepare , may Your self the Captive , and the Snare . But , Chloris , whilst you there review Those Graces op'ning in their ...
... Swain has set ; Pleas'd with her self she fondly stays To die deluded in the Net : Love such Frauds for you prepare , may Your self the Captive , and the Snare . But , Chloris , whilst you there review Those Graces op'ning in their ...
Page 197
... swain That e'er pu'd birks on the Braes of Yarrow . Why runs thy stream , O Yarrow , Yarrow red ? Why on thy braes heard the voice of sorrow ? And why yon melancholeous weids Hung on the bony birks of Yarrow ! What yonder floats on the ...
... swain That e'er pu'd birks on the Braes of Yarrow . Why runs thy stream , O Yarrow , Yarrow red ? Why on thy braes heard the voice of sorrow ? And why yon melancholeous weids Hung on the bony birks of Yarrow ! What yonder floats on the ...
Page 264
... Sloth , no Pride no Joy he hath : O Leaden - hearted Men , to be in Love with Death ! Better the toiling Swain , oh happier far ! Perhaps the happiest of the Sons of Men ! Who vigorous plies the Plough , the Team , or 264 JAMES THOMSON.
... Sloth , no Pride no Joy he hath : O Leaden - hearted Men , to be in Love with Death ! Better the toiling Swain , oh happier far ! Perhaps the happiest of the Sons of Men ! Who vigorous plies the Plough , the Team , or 264 JAMES THOMSON.
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