Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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... Fair Thames , flow gently from the facred fpring , While on thy banks Sicilian mufes fing ; Let vernal airs thro ' trembling ofiers play , And Albion's cliffs refound the rural lay . You , that too wife for pride , too good for pow'r ...
... Fair Thames , flow gently from the facred fpring , While on thy banks Sicilian mufes fing ; Let vernal airs thro ' trembling ofiers play , And Albion's cliffs refound the rural lay . You , that too wife for pride , too good for pow'r ...
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... fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's fide , Thus Daphnis fpoke , and Strephon thus reply'd . DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on ev'ry bloomy spray , With joyous mufic wake the dawning day ! Why fit we mute , when early linnets ...
... fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's fide , Thus Daphnis fpoke , and Strephon thus reply'd . DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on ev'ry bloomy spray , With joyous mufic wake the dawning day ! Why fit we mute , when early linnets ...
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... fair is found . DAPHNIS . The fprightly Sylvia trips along the green , She runs , but hopes fhe does not run unfeen ; While a kind glance at her purfuer flies , How much at variance are her feet and eyes ! STREPHON . O'er golden fands ...
... fair is found . DAPHNIS . The fprightly Sylvia trips along the green , She runs , but hopes fhe does not run unfeen ; While a kind glance at her purfuer flies , How much at variance are her feet and eyes ! STREPHON . O'er golden fands ...
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... fair , The fun's mild luftre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia fmiles , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd nature seems to charm no more . STREPHON . In Spring the fields , In Autumn hills I love , At morn the plains , at noon ...
... fair , The fun's mild luftre warms the vital air ; If Sylvia fmiles , new glories gild the shore , And vanquish'd nature seems to charm no more . STREPHON . In Spring the fields , In Autumn hills I love , At morn the plains , at noon ...
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... fair fields where facred Ifis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides ? As in the crystal spring I view my face , Fresh rifing blushes paint the wat'ry glass ; But fince thofe graces please thy eyes no more , I thun the ...
... fair fields where facred Ifis glides , Or else where Cam his winding vales divides ? As in the crystal spring I view my face , Fresh rifing blushes paint the wat'ry glass ; But fince thofe graces please thy eyes no more , I thun the ...
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