The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... shades her heavenly ray , And spreads with rising flowers his solitary way . Ye heavens , for this in showers of sweetness shed Your mildest influence o'er her favour'd head ! Long may her name , which distant climes shall praise , Live ...
... shades her heavenly ray , And spreads with rising flowers his solitary way . Ye heavens , for this in showers of sweetness shed Your mildest influence o'er her favour'd head ! Long may her name , which distant climes shall praise , Live ...
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... 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 mind of rest ; In courts and glittering ...
... 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 mind of rest ; In courts and glittering ...
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... shades , a sure defence from summer's ray , And silver brooks , ( where wanton damsels play ) , Which with soft notes their dimpled crystal roll'd O'er colour'd shells , and sand of native gold ; A rising fountain play'd from every ...
... shades , a sure defence from summer's ray , And silver brooks , ( where wanton damsels play ) , Which with soft notes their dimpled crystal roll'd O'er colour'd shells , and sand of native gold ; A rising fountain play'd from every ...
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... shade ; And , by his side ; reclines a blooming maid ; O'er her fair limbs a silken mantle flows , Through which her youthful beauty softly glows , And , part conceal'd and part disclos'd to sight , Through the thin texture casts a ...
... shade ; And , by his side ; reclines a blooming maid ; O'er her fair limbs a silken mantle flows , Through which her youthful beauty softly glows , And , part conceal'd and part disclos'd to sight , Through the thin texture casts a ...
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... shade ; To thy fair court I took my weary way , Bewail my folly , and heaven's laws obey , Confess my feeble mind for prayers unfit , And to my maker's will my soul submit : Great empress of yon orb that rolls below , On me the last ...
... shade ; To thy fair court I took my weary way , Bewail my folly , and heaven's laws obey , Confess my feeble mind for prayers unfit , And to my maker's will my soul submit : Great empress of yon orb that rolls below , On me the last ...
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