Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical NoticesThomas Wardle, 1846 - 807 pages |
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... delight , These unbought sports , this happy state , I would not fear , nor wish , my fate ; But boldly say each night , To - morrow let my sun his beams display , Or in clouds hide them ; I have liv'd to - day . THE CHRONICLE . A ...
... delight , These unbought sports , this happy state , I would not fear , nor wish , my fate ; But boldly say each night , To - morrow let my sun his beams display , Or in clouds hide them ; I have liv'd to - day . THE CHRONICLE . A ...
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... delight . Thy patron , Bacchus , ' tis no wonder , Was brought forth in flames and thunder , In rage , in quarrels , and in fights , Worse than his tigers , he delights ; In all our Heaven I think there be No such ill - natur'd god as ...
... delight . Thy patron , Bacchus , ' tis no wonder , Was brought forth in flames and thunder , In rage , in quarrels , and in fights , Worse than his tigers , he delights ; In all our Heaven I think there be No such ill - natur'd god as ...
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... delight , [ quite ! Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st i Fruition more deceitful is Than thou canst ... delights our eyes , Is but thy several liveries ; Thou the rich dye on them bestow'st , Thy nimble pencil paints this ...
... delight , [ quite ! Who , whilst thou should'st but taste , devour'st i Fruition more deceitful is Than thou canst ... delights our eyes , Is but thy several liveries ; Thou the rich dye on them bestow'st , Thy nimble pencil paints this ...
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... delight The taste itself less than the smell and sight . CLAUDIAN'S OLD MAN OF VERONA . DE SENE VERONENSI , QUI ... delightful too ! And , since love ne'er will from me flee , A mistress moderately fair , And good as guardian - angels ...
... delight The taste itself less than the smell and sight . CLAUDIAN'S OLD MAN OF VERONA . DE SENE VERONENSI , QUI ... delightful too ! And , since love ne'er will from me flee , A mistress moderately fair , And good as guardian - angels ...
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John Aikin. Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite , When the merry bells ring round , And the ... delights if thou canst give , Mirth , with thee I mean to live IL PENSEROSO . HENCE , vain deluding Joys , The brood ...
John Aikin. Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite , When the merry bells ring round , And the ... delights if thou canst give , Mirth , with thee I mean to live IL PENSEROSO . HENCE , vain deluding Joys , The brood ...
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