The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... pain . Aside the damsel turns her weeping eyes , And sad reflections in her bosom rise ; To whom thus , mildly , speaks the radiant queen : • Take sage example from this moral scene ; See ! how vain pleasures sting the lips they kiss ...
... pain . Aside the damsel turns her weeping eyes , And sad reflections in her bosom rise ; To whom thus , mildly , speaks the radiant queen : • Take sage example from this moral scene ; See ! how vain pleasures sting the lips they kiss ...
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... pain , and falling o'er his hoard , With his sharp steel his maddening breast he gor'd : On the lov'd heap he cast his closing eye , Contented on a golden couch to die . A stripling , with the fair adventure pleas'd , Step'd forward ...
... pain , and falling o'er his hoard , With his sharp steel his maddening breast he gor'd : On the lov'd heap he cast his closing eye , Contented on a golden couch to die . A stripling , with the fair adventure pleas'd , Step'd forward ...
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... painful family of care ! Frantic with grief her rosy cheek she tore , And rent her locks , her darling charge no more : But , when the night his raven wing had spread , And hung with sable every mountain's head , Her tender limbs were ...
... painful family of care ! Frantic with grief her rosy cheek she tore , And rent her locks , her darling charge no more : But , when the night his raven wing had spread , And hung with sable every mountain's head , Her tender limbs were ...
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... pain ; Doom'd in a deep and frightful cave to rove , Where darkness hovers o'er the iron grove . Yet know , thy prudence and thy timely care May save thee , son ! from this destructive snare . Not far from this , a lovelier island + ...
... pain ; Doom'd in a deep and frightful cave to rove , Where darkness hovers o'er the iron grove . Yet know , thy prudence and thy timely care May save thee , son ! from this destructive snare . Not far from this , a lovelier island + ...
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... pain : But while his heart the fatal jav'lin thrills , And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills , What radiant changes strike th ' astonish'd sight ! What glowing hues of mingled shade and light ! Not equal beauties gild the lucid ...
... pain : But while his heart the fatal jav'lin thrills , And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills , What radiant changes strike th ' astonish'd sight ! What glowing hues of mingled shade and light ! Not equal beauties gild the lucid ...
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