Elegant Extracts, 3–4. köideVicesimus Knox 1809 |
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... Muse with joy shall prune her wing ; Maria's ripen'd graces sing : And , at seventeen , with truth shall own The bud of beauty's fairly blown . Softness and sweetest innocence Here shed their gentle influence ; Fair modesty comes in ...
... Muse with joy shall prune her wing ; Maria's ripen'd graces sing : And , at seventeen , with truth shall own The bud of beauty's fairly blown . Softness and sweetest innocence Here shed their gentle influence ; Fair modesty comes in ...
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... Muse , who fear'd not Law ? How do I laugh when men of narrow souls , Whom folly guides and prejudice controls ; Who one dull drowsy track of business trod , Worship their Mammon , and neglect their God ; Who , breathing by one musty ...
... Muse , who fear'd not Law ? How do I laugh when men of narrow souls , Whom folly guides and prejudice controls ; Who one dull drowsy track of business trod , Worship their Mammon , and neglect their God ; Who , breathing by one musty ...
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... muse to lisp her notes begun ! And now all glad the temperate air to breathe , While cooling drops distil from arches dim , Binding her dewy locks with sedgy wreath , She sits amid the quire of Naiads trim . To Mr. Gray . Nor that her ...
... muse to lisp her notes begun ! And now all glad the temperate air to breathe , While cooling drops distil from arches dim , Binding her dewy locks with sedgy wreath , She sits amid the quire of Naiads trim . To Mr. Gray . Nor that her ...
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