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Page 15
... fancy with autumnal scenes Amufing , chanc'd befide his reaper - train ' To walk , when poor Lavinia drew his eye ; Unconscious of her power , and turning quick With unaffected blushes from his gaze : He saw her charming , but he faw ...
... fancy with autumnal scenes Amufing , chanc'd befide his reaper - train ' To walk , when poor Lavinia drew his eye ; Unconscious of her power , and turning quick With unaffected blushes from his gaze : He saw her charming , but he faw ...
Page 19
... fancy ran , The mufe , exulting , thus her lay began : Bleft be the Baftard's birth ! thro ' wond'rous ways He fhines , eccentric , like a comet's blaze ; No fickly fruit of faint compliance he ! He ! ftampt in Nature's mint of Extacy ...
... fancy ran , The mufe , exulting , thus her lay began : Bleft be the Baftard's birth ! thro ' wond'rous ways He fhines , eccentric , like a comet's blaze ; No fickly fruit of faint compliance he ! He ! ftampt in Nature's mint of Extacy ...
Page 21
... fancy fir'd ; Inly fecure , thro ' confcious fcorn of ill , Nor taught by wifdom how to ballance will , Rafhly deceiv'd , I law no pits to fhun ; But thought to purpose , and to act , were one ; Heedlefs what pointed cares pervert his ...
... fancy fir'd ; Inly fecure , thro ' confcious fcorn of ill , Nor taught by wifdom how to ballance will , Rafhly deceiv'd , I law no pits to fhun ; But thought to purpose , and to act , were one ; Heedlefs what pointed cares pervert his ...
Page 42
... Curiofity , with prying eyes , And hands of bufy , bold emprife ; Like Hermes , feather'd were her feet , And , like fore - running fancy , fleet . Ey By fearch untaught , by toil untir'd , To novelty 42 THE BEAUTIES OF.
... Curiofity , with prying eyes , And hands of bufy , bold emprife ; Like Hermes , feather'd were her feet , And , like fore - running fancy , fleet . Ey By fearch untaught , by toil untir'd , To novelty 42 THE BEAUTIES OF.
Page 52
... Fancy's pencil wrought , Spreads the white web of flowing thought ; Shines lovely in the chearful face , And clothes each charm with native grace ; Effufion pure of blifs fincere , A vestment for a god to wear . Far other ornaments ...
... Fancy's pencil wrought , Spreads the white web of flowing thought ; Shines lovely in the chearful face , And clothes each charm with native grace ; Effufion pure of blifs fincere , A vestment for a god to wear . Far other ornaments ...
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...