Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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Page 19
... still evening , when the whispering breeze Pants on the leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb fhall bleed , If teeming ewes encrease my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours ...
... still evening , when the whispering breeze Pants on the leaves , and dies upon the trees . To thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb fhall bleed , If teeming ewes encrease my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours ...
Page 42
... Still bears the name the hapless virgin bore , And bathes the foreft where he rang'd before . In her chafte current oft the goddess laves , And with celeftial tears augments the waves , Oft in her glafs the mufing fhepherd fpies The ...
... Still bears the name the hapless virgin bore , And bathes the foreft where he rang'd before . In her chafte current oft the goddess laves , And with celeftial tears augments the waves , Oft in her glafs the mufing fhepherd fpies The ...
Page 45
... Still in thy fong ( hould vanquish'd France appear , And bleed for ever under Brita'n's fpear . Let fofter ftrains ill - fated Henry mourn , And palms eternal flourish round his urn . Here o'er the Martyr - King the marble weeps , And ...
... Still in thy fong ( hould vanquish'd France appear , And bleed for ever under Brita'n's fpear . Let fofter ftrains ill - fated Henry mourn , And palms eternal flourish round his urn . Here o'er the Martyr - King the marble weeps , And ...
Page 55
... still , Ixion refts upon his wheel , And the pale spectres dance ! The Furies fink upon their iron beds , And fnakes uncurl'd hang listening round their heads . V. By the ftreams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er th ...
... still , Ixion refts upon his wheel , And the pale spectres dance ! The Furies fink upon their iron beds , And fnakes uncurl'd hang listening round their heads . V. By the ftreams that ever flow , By the fragrant winds that blow O'er th ...
Page 59
... Still , when the luft of tyrant power fucceeds , Some Athens perishes , fome Tully bleeds , CHORUS O F YOUTHS AND VIRGINS . SEMICHORUS . OH tyrant Love ! hast thou possest The prudent , learn d and virtuous breaft ? Wisdom and wit in ...
... Still , when the luft of tyrant power fucceeds , Some Athens perishes , fome Tully bleeds , CHORUS O F YOUTHS AND VIRGINS . SEMICHORUS . OH tyrant Love ! hast thou possest The prudent , learn d and virtuous breaft ? Wisdom and wit in ...
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