Specimens of British PoetessesT. Rodd, 1827 - 446 pages |
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ALICIA D'ANVERS ANNA HUME Anne Askewe APHRA BEHN Astrea Auld Robin Gray authoress beams beauty beneath blest Born bower breast breath bright charms cheek cheerful dart daughter dear death delight died divine dost doth earth eyes fair fairy fame fancy fate fear fill'd flame flowers fond FRANCES BOOTHBY gale grace green grief groves happy hast hath hear heart heaven honour hope hour KATHERINE PHILIPS lady Lady Yate light Lord lov'd maid MARY PIX melancholy mind Mirth mourn Muse ne'er never night nipping winter nymph o'er Orinda pain pale passion pleas'd pleasure poems queen rose round Saint Monica scorn shade shew shine sigh sing six crickets smile soft SONG sorrow soul Spring stream sweet tears thee THENOT thine things thou art thought thro tree Twas verse vex'd voice Whilst wife wind wings youth
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