The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 548
... thought disturb our rest ? Heroic love has flown away , Fine sentiments have had their day : Who knows but all is for the best ? Poetical Trifles ( third edition ) , 1783 The Duke of Benevento A Tale HATE a prologue to a story I a ...
... thought disturb our rest ? Heroic love has flown away , Fine sentiments have had their day : Who knows but all is for the best ? Poetical Trifles ( third edition ) , 1783 The Duke of Benevento A Tale HATE a prologue to a story I a ...
Page 585
... thought , And swallowing , therefore , without pause or choice , The total grist unsifted , husks and all . But trees , and rivulets whose rapid course Defies the check of winter , haunts of deer , And sheep - walks populous with ...
... thought , And swallowing , therefore , without pause or choice , The total grist unsifted , husks and all . But trees , and rivulets whose rapid course Defies the check of winter , haunts of deer , And sheep - walks populous with ...
Page 597
... Thoughts my Mind I entertain ; While Books , my Slaves , with tyrant hand I seize , Pleas'd with the Pride ... thought the sudden Sentiment divine , Then paus'd and doubted , and then , tir'd of doubt , With rage as sudden dash ...
... Thoughts my Mind I entertain ; While Books , my Slaves , with tyrant hand I seize , Pleas'd with the Pride ... thought the sudden Sentiment divine , Then paus'd and doubted , and then , tir'd of doubt , With rage as sudden dash ...
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