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... to justify The long - loft graces of Simplicity : So rural beauties captivate our sense With virgin charms , and native excellence . a z 15 20 } 20 25 30 35 40 Yet ( xx ) Yet long her Modesty those charms conceal'd ( xix )
... to justify The long - loft graces of Simplicity : So rural beauties captivate our sense With virgin charms , and native excellence . a z 15 20 } 20 25 30 35 40 Yet ( xx ) Yet long her Modesty those charms conceal'd ( xix )
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... Virgil liv'd , on Virgil wait ; Whose Muse did once , like thine , in plains delight ; Thine fhall , like his , foon take a higher flight ; So Larks , which firft from lowly fields arife , Mount by degrees , and reach at last the skies ...
... Virgil liv'd , on Virgil wait ; Whose Muse did once , like thine , in plains delight ; Thine fhall , like his , foon take a higher flight ; So Larks , which firft from lowly fields arife , Mount by degrees , and reach at last the skies ...
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... Virgil from his orb look down , He'd view a courfer that might match his own ! Fir'd with the sport , and eager for the chace , Lodona's murmurs ftop me in the race . Who can refuse Lodona's melting tale ? The foft complaint fhall over ...
... Virgil from his orb look down , He'd view a courfer that might match his own ! Fir'd with the sport , and eager for the chace , Lodona's murmurs ftop me in the race . Who can refuse Lodona's melting tale ? The foft complaint fhall over ...
Page xxvii
... Virgil fits ; And fits in measures , fuch as Virgil's Mufe To place thee near him , might be fond to chufe . How might he tune th ' alternate reed with thee , Perhaps a Strephon thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the ...
... Virgil fits ; And fits in measures , fuch as Virgil's Mufe To place thee near him , might be fond to chufe . How might he tune th ' alternate reed with thee , Perhaps a Strephon thou , a Daphnis he ; While fome old Damon , o'er the ...
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... virgin's figh , The gentle breezes breathe away and die . Thus , like the radiant God who sheds the day , You paint the vale , or gild the azure way ; And while with ev'ry theme the verse complies , Sink without groveling , without ...
... virgin's figh , The gentle breezes breathe away and die . Thus , like the radiant God who sheds the day , You paint the vale , or gild the azure way ; And while with ev'ry theme the verse complies , Sink without groveling , without ...
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