The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... maids of Aden ! 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 ...
... maids of Aden ! 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 ...
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... maids ! With eager haste your mournful mansions leave , Ye weak , that tremble ; and , ye sick , that grieve ... maid , in pining sadness left , Of tender parents , and of hope , bereft ? To Solima their sorrows they bewail ; To ...
... maids ! With eager haste your mournful mansions leave , Ye weak , that tremble ; and , ye sick , that grieve ... maid , in pining sadness left , Of tender parents , and of hope , bereft ? To Solima their sorrows they bewail ; To ...
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... maids and youths , renew , While fresh - blown violets drink the pearly dew ; O'er Azib's banks while love - lorn damsels rove , And gales of fragrance breathe from Hagar's grove . So sung the youth , whose sweetly - warbled strains ...
... maids and youths , renew , While fresh - blown violets drink the pearly dew ; O'er Azib's banks while love - lorn damsels rove , And gales of fragrance breathe from Hagar's grove . So sung the youth , whose sweetly - warbled strains ...
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... maids , That rov'd at noon in Tibet's musky shades ; But , haply , wandering through the fields of air , Some fiend had whisper'd - Maia , thou art fair ! Hence swelling pride had fill'd her simple breast , And rising passions rob'd her ...
... maids , That rov'd at noon in Tibet's musky shades ; But , haply , wandering through the fields of air , Some fiend had whisper'd - Maia , thou art fair ! Hence swelling pride had fill'd her simple breast , And rising passions rob'd her ...
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... maid , And by her side in silent slumber laid : Straight the gay birds display'd their spangled train , And flew refulgent through th ' aerial plain ; The fairy band their shining pinions spread , And , as they rose , fresh gales of ...
... maid , And by her side in silent slumber laid : Straight the gay birds display'd their spangled train , And flew refulgent through th ' aerial plain ; The fairy band their shining pinions spread , And , as they rose , fresh gales of ...
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