The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... stripling step'd before the rest With hasty pace , and toward the goddess prest ; His mien was graceful , and his looks were mild , And in his eye celestial sweetness smild ; Youth's purple glow , and beauty's rosy beam , O'er his ...
... stripling step'd before the rest With hasty pace , and toward the goddess prest ; His mien was graceful , and his looks were mild , And in his eye celestial sweetness smild ; Youth's purple glow , and beauty's rosy beam , O'er his ...
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... stripling lies beneath the 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 ...
... stripling lies beneath the 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 ...
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... stripling on the faded ground ; And , in a mournful knot , his arms were bound ; His eyes , that shot before a sunny beam , Now scarcely shed a saddening , dying gleam , Faint as a glimm'ring taper's wasted light , Or a dull ray that ...
... stripling on the faded ground ; And , in a mournful knot , his arms were bound ; His eyes , that shot before a sunny beam , Now scarcely shed a saddening , dying gleam , Faint as a glimm'ring taper's wasted light , Or a dull ray that ...
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... stripling , with the fair adventure pleas'd , Step'd forward , and the massy coffer seiz'd ; But with surprise he saw the stores decay , And all the long - sought treasures melt away : In winding streams the liquid metal roll'd , And ...
... stripling , with the fair adventure pleas'd , Step'd forward , and the massy coffer seiz'd ; But with surprise he saw the stores decay , And all the long - sought treasures melt away : In winding streams the liquid metal roll'd , And ...
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... stripling plied his lab'ring oar , And strait the pinnace struck the sandy shore . The youth arose , and , leaping on the strand , Took his lone way along the silver sand ; While the light bark , and all the airy crew , Sunk like a mist ...
... stripling plied his lab'ring oar , And strait the pinnace struck the sandy shore . The youth arose , and , leaping on the strand , Took his lone way along the silver sand ; While the light bark , and all the airy crew , Sunk like a mist ...
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