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For me , I'll keep the poit assign'd by Heav'n , 50 And use the copious talent it has giv'n : Let my good spouse pay tribute , do me right , And keep an equal reck'ning ev'ry night : His proper body is not his , but mine ; For so said ...
For me , I'll keep the poit assign'd by Heav'n , 50 And use the copious talent it has giv'n : Let my good spouse pay tribute , do me right , And keep an equal reck'ning ev'ry night : His proper body is not his , but mine ; For so said ...
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135 Tho ' all the day I give and take delight , Doubt not , fufficient will be left at night . ' Tis but a juft and rational defire , To light a taper at a neighbour's fire . There's danger too , you think , in rich array , And none can ...
135 Tho ' all the day I give and take delight , Doubt not , fufficient will be left at night . ' Tis but a juft and rational defire , To light a taper at a neighbour's fire . There's danger too , you think , in rich array , And none can ...
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a 165 With empty And swore , the rambles that I took by night , Were all to spy what damsels they bedight . That colour brought me many hours of mirth ; For all this wit is given us from our birth . Heav'n gave to woman the peculiar ...
a 165 With empty And swore , the rambles that I took by night , Were all to spy what damsels they bedight . That colour brought me many hours of mirth ; For all this wit is given us from our birth . Heav'n gave to woman the peculiar ...
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This wicked world was once my dear delight ; 225 Now all my conquests , all my charms good night ! The flour consum'd , the best that now I can , Is e'en to make my market of the bran . My fourth dear spouse was not exceeding true ...
This wicked world was once my dear delight ; 225 Now all my conquests , all my charms good night ! The flour consum'd , the best that now I can , Is e'en to make my market of the bran . My fourth dear spouse was not exceeding true ...
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... a winter's night , - Read in this book , aloud , with strange delight , How the first female ( as the Scriptures show ) Brought her own spouse and all his race to woe . How Samson fell ; and he whom Dejanire 381 Wrapp'd in th ...
... a winter's night , - Read in this book , aloud , with strange delight , How the first female ( as the Scriptures show ) Brought her own spouse and all his race to woe . How Samson fell ; and he whom Dejanire 381 Wrapp'd in th ...
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| Pealkiri | The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, 2. köide The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Eight Volumes, Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements; Together with All His Notes, Alexander Pope |
| Autor | Alexander Pope |
| Publisher | W. Cavil, T. Martin, T. French, and J. Wren., 1795 |
| Original from | California Ülikool |
| Digitized | 21 jaan. 2014 |
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