The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... hear a loftier tale Than e'er was sung in meadow , bow'r , or dale . -The smiles of Abelah , and Maia's eyes , Where beauty plays , and love in slumber lies ; The fragrant hyacinths of Azza's hair , That wanton with the laughing summer ...
... hear a loftier tale Than e'er was sung in meadow , bow'r , or dale . -The smiles of Abelah , and Maia's eyes , Where beauty plays , and love in slumber lies ; The fragrant hyacinths of Azza's hair , That wanton with the laughing summer ...
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... hear , She gently whispers in her ravish'd ear . 1 ; : Awake , sweet maid , and view this charming scene , For ever beauteous , and for ever green ; Here living rills of purest nectar flow O'er meads that 8 THE PALACE OF FORTUNE . [ SIR ...
... hear , She gently whispers in her ravish'd ear . 1 ; : Awake , sweet maid , and view this charming scene , For ever beauteous , and for ever green ; Here living rills of purest nectar flow O'er meads that 8 THE PALACE OF FORTUNE . [ SIR ...
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... hear the shepherd tell his amorous tale : Led by these flattering hopes , from glade to glade , From lawn to lawn , with hasty steps she stray'd ; But not a nymph by stream or fountain stood , And not a fairy glided through the wood ...
... hear the shepherd tell his amorous tale : Led by these flattering hopes , from glade to glade , From lawn to lawn , with hasty steps she stray'd ; But not a nymph by stream or fountain stood , And not a fairy glided through the wood ...
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... Hear a strange tale , and tremble at the snare , Which for thy steps thy pleasing foes prepare . Know , in this isle prevails a bloody law ; List , stripling , list ! ( the youth stood fix'd with awe :) But seventy days * the hapless ...
... Hear a strange tale , and tremble at the snare , Which for thy steps thy pleasing foes prepare . Know , in this isle prevails a bloody law ; List , stripling , list ! ( the youth stood fix'd with awe :) But seventy days * the hapless ...
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... hear ! Five feet immers'd along the line appear ! At either pump they ply the clanking brake , And , turn by turn , th ' ungrateful office take : Rodmond , Arion , and Palemon , here , At this sad task all diligent appear : But all in ...
... hear ! Five feet immers'd along the line appear ! At either pump they ply the clanking brake , And , turn by turn , th ' ungrateful office take : Rodmond , Arion , and Palemon , here , At this sad task all diligent appear : But all in ...
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