The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... 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 towers she wish'd to dwell , And scorn'd her labouring parents lowly cell . And now , as gazing o ...
... 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 towers she wish'd to dwell , And scorn'd her labouring parents lowly cell . And now , as gazing o ...
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... thou rest , Our lov'd companion , and our honour'd guest . " The damsel hears the heav'nly notes distil , Like melting snow , or like a vernal rill . She lifts her head , and , on her arm reclin'd , Drinks the sweet accents in her ...
... thou rest , Our lov'd companion , and our honour'd guest . " The damsel hears the heav'nly notes distil , Like melting snow , or like a vernal rill . She lifts her head , and , on her arm reclin'd , Drinks the sweet accents in her ...
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... thou canst live , And taste the joys these happy gardens give : - But fill thy mind with vain desires no more , And view without a wish yon shining store . Soon shall a numerous train before me bend , And kneeling votaries my shrine ...
... thou canst live , And taste the joys these happy gardens give : - But fill thy mind with vain desires no more , And view without a wish yon shining store . Soon shall a numerous train before me bend , And kneeling votaries my shrine ...
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... thou , who dost yon wondrous ring possess , What cares disturb thee , or what wants oppress ; To faithful ears disclose thy secret grief , And hope ( so heaven ordains ) a quick relief . ' The maid replied , ' Ah sacred genius ! bear A ...
... thou , who dost yon wondrous ring possess , What cares disturb thee , or what wants oppress ; To faithful ears disclose thy secret grief , And hope ( so heaven ordains ) a quick relief . ' The maid replied , ' Ah sacred genius ! bear A ...
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... thou wish for bowers and flowery hills , For smiling meadows , and for purling rills ; Since on those hills no youth or damsel roves , Nor shepherd haunts the solitary groves ? Ye meads that glow with intermingled dyes , Ye flowering ...
... thou wish for bowers and flowery hills , For smiling meadows , and for purling rills ; Since on those hills no youth or damsel roves , Nor shepherd haunts the solitary groves ? Ye meads that glow with intermingled dyes , Ye flowering ...
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