The Works of the English Poets, 56. köideJ. Rivington, 1779 - 371 pages |
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... fing : Wilt thou with me revifit once again The crystal fountain , and the flowery plain ? Wilt thou , indulgent , hear my verfe relate The various changes of a lover's state ; And , while each turn of paffion I purfue , Afk thy own ...
... fing : Wilt thou with me revifit once again The crystal fountain , and the flowery plain ? Wilt thou , indulgent , hear my verfe relate The various changes of a lover's state ; And , while each turn of paffion I purfue , Afk thy own ...
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... fing , Like those that warbling hail the genial fpring . Nor Pan , nor Phoebus , tunes our artless reeds : From Love alone their melody proceeds . From From Love , Theocritus , on Enna's plains , Learnt 6 LYTTELTON'S POEMS .
... fing , Like those that warbling hail the genial fpring . Nor Pan , nor Phoebus , tunes our artless reeds : From Love alone their melody proceeds . From From Love , Theocritus , on Enna's plains , Learnt 6 LYTTELTON'S POEMS .
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... fing ; Though far unequal to thofe polifh'd strains , With which thy Congreve charm'd the listening plains : Yet fhall its mufic please thy partial ear , And footh thy breast with thoughts that once were dear ; Recal thofe years which ...
... fing ; Though far unequal to thofe polifh'd strains , With which thy Congreve charm'd the listening plains : Yet fhall its mufic please thy partial ear , And footh thy breast with thoughts that once were dear ; Recal thofe years which ...
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... fing Blenheim , proud monument of British fame , Thy glorious work ! for thou the lofty towers Didft to his virtue raife , whom oft thy fhield . In peril guarded , and thy wifdom steer'd Through all the ftorms of war . - Thee too I call ...
... fing Blenheim , proud monument of British fame , Thy glorious work ! for thou the lofty towers Didft to his virtue raife , whom oft thy fhield . In peril guarded , and thy wifdom steer'd Through all the ftorms of war . - Thee too I call ...
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... fing ; Friendship and Truth on all his moments wait , Pleas'd with retirement better than with state ; And round the bower , where humbly great he lies , Fair olives bloom , or verdant laurels rife . So when thy country shall no more ...
... fing ; Friendship and Truth on all his moments wait , Pleas'd with retirement better than with state ; And round the bower , where humbly great he lies , Fair olives bloom , or verdant laurels rife . So when thy country shall no more ...
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