The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... damsels rove , And gales of fragrance breathe from Hagar's grove . So sung the youth , whose sweetly - warbled strains Fair Mena heard , and Saba's spicy plains . Sooth'd with his lay , the ravish'd air was calm , The winds scarce ...
... damsels rove , And gales of fragrance breathe from Hagar's grove . So sung the youth , whose sweetly - warbled strains Fair Mena heard , and Saba's spicy plains . Sooth'd with his lay , the ravish'd air was calm , The winds scarce ...
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... damsel hears the heav'nly notes distil , Like melting snow , or like a vernal rill . She lifts her head , and , on ... damsels play ) , Which with soft notes their dimpled crystal roll'd O'er colour'd shells , and sand of native ...
... damsel hears the heav'nly notes distil , Like melting snow , or like a vernal rill . She lifts her head , and , on ... damsels play ) , Which with soft notes their dimpled crystal roll'd O'er colour'd shells , and sand of native ...
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... damsel by her side . Around the throne , in mystic order , stand The fairy train , and wait her high command ; When thus she speaks : ( the maid attentive sips Each word that flows , like nectar , from her lips . ) • Favourite of heaven ...
... damsel by her side . Around the throne , in mystic order , stand The fairy train , and wait her high command ; When thus she speaks : ( the maid attentive sips Each word that flows , like nectar , from her lips . ) • Favourite of heaven ...
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... damsel of her train With tender fingers touch'd a golden chain . Now a soft bell delighted Maia hears , That sweetly trembles on her listening ears ; : Through the calm air the melting numbers float , And 12 THE PALACE OF FORTUNE ...
... damsel of her train With tender fingers touch'd a golden chain . Now a soft bell delighted Maia hears , That sweetly trembles on her listening ears ; : Through the calm air the melting numbers float , And 12 THE PALACE OF FORTUNE ...
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... damsel in my arms ; Her bosom , fairer than a hill of snow , And gently bounding like a playful roe ; Her lips , more fragrant than the summer air ; And sweet as Scythian musk , her hyacinthine hair ; Let new delights each dancing hour ...
... damsel in my arms ; Her bosom , fairer than a hill of snow , And gently bounding like a playful roe ; Her lips , more fragrant than the summer air ; And sweet as Scythian musk , her hyacinthine hair ; Let new delights each dancing hour ...
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