The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith, Armstrong, JohnsonAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 |
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... breasts be fair in vain , And only rise to fall again ? No , no , fair nymph - for no such end Did Heav'n to thee its bounty lend ; That breast was ne'er design'd by fate For verse , or things inanimate ; Then throw them from that downy ...
... breasts be fair in vain , And only rise to fall again ? No , no , fair nymph - for no such end Did Heav'n to thee its bounty lend ; That breast was ne'er design'd by fate For verse , or things inanimate ; Then throw them from that downy ...
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... breast sweet melancholy reigns Angelically pensive , till the joy Improves and purifies ; -the solemn scene The Sun through storied panes surveys with awe , And bashfully with - holds each bolder beam . Here , as her home , from morn to ...
... breast sweet melancholy reigns Angelically pensive , till the joy Improves and purifies ; -the solemn scene The Sun through storied panes surveys with awe , And bashfully with - holds each bolder beam . Here , as her home , from morn to ...
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... breast At once invaded , and at once possess'd ; Her eye was fix'd in an ecstatic stare , And on her head uprose th ' astonish'd hair : No more her colour , or her looks the same , But moonshine madness quite convuls'd her frame , While ...
... breast At once invaded , and at once possess'd ; Her eye was fix'd in an ecstatic stare , And on her head uprose th ' astonish'd hair : No more her colour , or her looks the same , But moonshine madness quite convuls'd her frame , While ...
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... breast . Me too the kind indulgent Laid , With gen'rous care and timely aid , Restor❜d to mirth and health ; Then join❜d to her , O may I prove By friendship , gratitude and love , The poverty of wealth . MARTIAL . Book 1 , Ep . 26 ...
... breast . Me too the kind indulgent Laid , With gen'rous care and timely aid , Restor❜d to mirth and health ; Then join❜d to her , O may I prove By friendship , gratitude and love , The poverty of wealth . MARTIAL . Book 1 , Ep . 26 ...
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... breast . She brought me a sun - flow'r- " This , fair one's your due ; For it once was a majden , and love - sick like you : " Oh ! give it me quick , to my shepherd I'll run , As true to his flame , as this flow'r to the Sun. Ut clare ...
... breast . She brought me a sun - flow'r- " This , fair one's your due ; For it once was a majden , and love - sick like you : " Oh ! give it me quick , to my shepherd I'll run , As true to his flame , as this flow'r to the Sun. Ut clare ...
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