Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas TomkinsJ. Wallis, 1785 - 204 pages |
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... glow Which taught the holy tear to flow , When the prophetic eye furvey'd Sion in future afhes laid ! Or , rais'd to heaven , implor'd the bread That thousands in the defert fed ! Or , when the heart o'er friendship's grave Sigh'd , and ...
... glow Which taught the holy tear to flow , When the prophetic eye furvey'd Sion in future afhes laid ! Or , rais'd to heaven , implor'd the bread That thousands in the defert fed ! Or , when the heart o'er friendship's grave Sigh'd , and ...
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... glow'd , A deadly pale o'ercast : So fades the fresh rofe in its prime , Before the northern blaft , XVI . The parents , now , with late remorse , Hung o'er his dying bed ; And weary'd Heav'n with fruitless vows , And fruitless forrow ...
... glow'd , A deadly pale o'ercast : So fades the fresh rofe in its prime , Before the northern blaft , XVI . The parents , now , with late remorse , Hung o'er his dying bed ; And weary'd Heav'n with fruitless vows , And fruitless forrow ...
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... glow , And grazing flocks their milky fleeces show ; The barren cliffs with chalky fronts arife , And a pure azure arches o'er the skies . But when the gloomy reign of Night returns , Stript of her fading pride , all Nature mourns : The ...
... glow , And grazing flocks their milky fleeces show ; The barren cliffs with chalky fronts arife , And a pure azure arches o'er the skies . But when the gloomy reign of Night returns , Stript of her fading pride , all Nature mourns : The ...
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... glow'd in ev'ry vein : Methought applauding angels fung my name , And heaven's unfullied glories gilt the fane . This temporary transport foon expir'd , My drooping heart confefs'd a dreadful void : E'er fince , alas ! abandon'd ...
... glow'd in ev'ry vein : Methought applauding angels fung my name , And heaven's unfullied glories gilt the fane . This temporary transport foon expir'd , My drooping heart confefs'd a dreadful void : E'er fince , alas ! abandon'd ...
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... , yet fweet were her charms , I kifs'd the ripe roses that glow'd on her cheek , And lock'd the lov'd maid in my arms . Now jocund together we tend a few sheep , And SELECT POEM 3 . 43 Thomfon Content, a Paftoral Cunningham.
... , yet fweet were her charms , I kifs'd the ripe roses that glow'd on her cheek , And lock'd the lov'd maid in my arms . Now jocund together we tend a few sheep , And SELECT POEM 3 . 43 Thomfon Content, a Paftoral Cunningham.
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