Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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... thee : Bleft Swains , whose Nymphs in ev'ry grace excel ; Bleft Nymphs , whofe Swains thofe graces fing fo well ! Now rife , and hafte to yonder woodbine bow'rs , A foft retreat from sudden vernal show'rs ; The turf with rural dainties ...
... thee : Bleft Swains , whose Nymphs in ev'ry grace excel ; Bleft Nymphs , whofe Swains thofe graces fing fo well ! Now rife , and hafte to yonder woodbine bow'rs , A foft retreat from sudden vernal show'rs ; The turf with rural dainties ...
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... thee . The fultry Sirius burns the thirsty plains , While in thy heart eternal Winter reigns . Where stray ye , Muses , in what lawn or grove , While your Alexis pines in hopeless love ? In thofe fair fields where facred Ifis glides ...
... thee . The fultry Sirius burns the thirsty plains , While in thy heart eternal Winter reigns . Where stray ye , Muses , in what lawn or grove , While your Alexis pines in hopeless love ? In thofe fair fields where facred Ifis glides ...
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... thee , love ! on foreign mountains bred , Wolves gave the fuck , and favage tigers fed . Thou wert from Ætna's burning entrails torn , Got by fierce whirlwinds , and in thunder born ! Refound , ye hills , refound my mournful lay ...
... thee , love ! on foreign mountains bred , Wolves gave the fuck , and favage tigers fed . Thou wert from Ætna's burning entrails torn , Got by fierce whirlwinds , and in thunder born ! Refound , ye hills , refound my mournful lay ...
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... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb fhall bleed , If teeming ewes encrease my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise fhall live ! THYRSIS . But fee , Orion fheds ...
... thee , bright goddess , oft a lamb fhall bleed , If teeming ewes encrease my fleecy breed . While plants their shade , or flowers their odours give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise fhall live ! THYRSIS . But fee , Orion fheds ...
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... thee Idume s fpicy forests blow , And feeds of gold on Ophir's mountains glow . See heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And break upon thee in a flood of day ! * Ch . 41. ver . 19. and ch . 55. ver . 13. + Ch . II . ver . 6 , 7 ...
... thee Idume s fpicy forests blow , And feeds of gold on Ophir's mountains glow . See heaven its sparkling portals wide display , And break upon thee in a flood of day ! * Ch . 41. ver . 19. and ch . 55. ver . 13. + Ch . II . ver . 6 , 7 ...
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ancient ANTISTROPHE ariſe beauty Belinda beſt bleft bluſh breaſt bright ceafe charms critics Cynthus DAPHNIS Eclogue Eurydice ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire fcenes feas feem fenfe fhades fhall fhining fhould fighs filent filver fince fing firſt fkies flame flocks flow flowers foft fome fong foon forefts foul fpirits fpring ftill ftreams fubject fuch fung fwains fwell fylvan Gnome grace groves hair heart heaven honours infpire itſelf laft laſt lefs lofe loft lov'd lyre maid moſt mournful Mufe mufic muſt nature numbers nymph o'er paffion Paftoral paſt Phaon Phoebus plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe rage refound rife Sappho ſcene SEMICHORUS ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrains Sylphs tears thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro trembling Umbriel uſeful vafe Virg virgin whofe whoſe winds