Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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... flocks feems to have been the firft employment of mankind , the most ancient fort of poetry was pro- bably paftoralt . It is natural to imagine , that the leisure of those ancient fhepherds admitting and invit- ing fome diverfion , none ...
... flocks feems to have been the firft employment of mankind , the most ancient fort of poetry was pro- bably paftoralt . It is natural to imagine , that the leisure of those ancient fhepherds admitting and invit- ing fome diverfion , none ...
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... flocks fhook off the nightly dews , Two fwains , whom Love kept wakeful , and the Mufe , Pour'd o'er the whitening vale their fleecy care , Fresh as the morn , and as the season fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's fide , Thus ...
... flocks fhook off the nightly dews , Two fwains , whom Love kept wakeful , and the Mufe , Pour'd o'er the whitening vale their fleecy care , Fresh as the morn , and as the season fair : The dawn now blushing on the mountain's fide , Thus ...
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... be crown'd , While op'ning blooms diffufe their fweets around . For fee ! the gathering flocks to fhelter tend , And from the Pleiads fruitful show'rs defcend . THE SECOND PASTORA L , OR , ALEX I S. PASTORALS . v . 89 .
... be crown'd , While op'ning blooms diffufe their fweets around . For fee ! the gathering flocks to fhelter tend , And from the Pleiads fruitful show'rs defcend . THE SECOND PASTORA L , OR , ALEX I S. PASTORALS . v . 89 .
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... flocks along the filver Thame , Where dancing fun - beams on the waters play'd , And verdant alders form'd a quiv'ring fhade . Soft as he mourn'd , the ftreams forgot to flow , The flocks around a dumb compaffion fhow , The Naïds wept ...
... flocks along the filver Thame , Where dancing fun - beams on the waters play'd , And verdant alders form'd a quiv'ring fhade . Soft as he mourn'd , the ftreams forgot to flow , The flocks around a dumb compaffion fhow , The Naïds wept ...
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... lambs , but not to heal thy heart ! Let other fwains attend the rural care , Feed fairer flocks , or richer fleeces fheer : But nigh yon ' mountain let me tune my lays , Embrace my love and bind my brows with bays . That flute is mine ...
... lambs , but not to heal thy heart ! Let other fwains attend the rural care , Feed fairer flocks , or richer fleeces fheer : But nigh yon ' mountain let me tune my lays , Embrace my love and bind my brows with bays . That flute is mine ...
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