The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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... 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 Fair Mena ...
... 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 Fair Mena ...
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... Youth's purple glow , and beauty's rosy beam , O'er his smooth cheeks diffus'd a lively gleam ; The floating ringlets of his musky hair Wav'd on the bosom of the wanton air : With modest grace , the goddess he addrest , And ...
... Youth's purple glow , and beauty's rosy beam , O'er his smooth cheeks diffus'd a lively gleam ; The floating ringlets of his musky hair Wav'd on the bosom of the wanton air : With modest grace , the goddess he addrest , And ...
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... youth's request , And , mildly , thus accosts her lovely guest : • On that smooth mirror , full of magic light , Awhile , dear Maia , fix thy wandering sight . ' She looks ; and in th ' enchanted crystal sees A bower o'er - canopied ...
... youth's request , And , mildly , thus accosts her lovely guest : • On that smooth mirror , full of magic light , Awhile , dear Maia , fix thy wandering sight . ' She looks ; and in th ' enchanted crystal sees A bower o'er - canopied ...
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... youth , while joy sits sparkling in his eyes , Pants on her neck , and on her bosom dies ; From her smooth cheek nectareous dew he sips , And all his soul comes breathing to his lips . But Maia turns her modest eyes away , And blushes ...
... youth , while joy sits sparkling in his eyes , Pants on her neck , and on her bosom dies ; From her smooth cheek nectareous dew he sips , And all his soul comes breathing to his lips . But Maia turns her modest eyes away , And blushes ...
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... youth , by contemplation led , With high pursuits my flatter'd thoughts were fed ; To nature first my labours were confin'd , And all her charms were open'd to my mind ; Each flower that glisten'd in the morning dew , And every shrub ...
... youth , by contemplation led , With high pursuits my flatter'd thoughts were fed ; To nature first my labours were confin'd , And all her charms were open'd to my mind ; Each flower that glisten'd in the morning dew , And every shrub ...
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