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... hours : Not lefs enraptur'd than the happy pair ; Who flourish'd long in tender blifs , and rear'd A numerous offspring , lovely like themselves , And good , the grace of all the country round . THE THE BASTARD . Almost all things ...
... hours : Not lefs enraptur'd than the happy pair ; Who flourish'd long in tender blifs , and rear'd A numerous offspring , lovely like themselves , And good , the grace of all the country round . THE THE BASTARD . Almost all things ...
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... hours , when high my 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 ...
... hours , when high my 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 ...
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... hour , Who builds upon a parent's pow'r , And claims , by purchase vile and bafe , The loathing maid for his embrace ; Hence virtue fickens , and the breast , Where Peace had built her downy neft , Becomes the troubled feat of Care ...
... hour , Who builds upon a parent's pow'r , And claims , by purchase vile and bafe , The loathing maid for his embrace ; Hence virtue fickens , and the breast , Where Peace had built her downy neft , Becomes the troubled feat of Care ...
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... hour , expire , Or , fhould the nightly thief invade Hefperia's chafte and facred shade , Of all the blooming spoil poffefs'd , The dragon Honour charm'd to rest , Shall Virtue's flame no more return ? No more with virgin fplendor burn ...
... hour , expire , Or , fhould the nightly thief invade Hefperia's chafte and facred shade , Of all the blooming spoil poffefs'd , The dragon Honour charm'd to rest , Shall Virtue's flame no more return ? No more with virgin fplendor burn ...
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... 'n thy friendless steps fhall guide , Chear thy hours , and guard thy fide . When the fatal trump shall found , When th ' immortals pour around , VOL . II . D Heav'n Heav'n fhall thy return atteft , Hail'd by myriads of ENGLISH POESY . 49.
... 'n thy friendless steps fhall guide , Chear thy hours , and guard thy fide . When the fatal trump shall found , When th ' immortals pour around , VOL . II . D Heav'n Heav'n fhall thy return atteft , Hail'd by myriads of ENGLISH POESY . 49.
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againſt Alma BAUCIS AND PHILEMON beft beſt bleft blifs breaſt Cadenus Carvel caufe charm cry'd dame Death defcend defire delight Dick eaſe elfe erft Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fancy fate feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould fhow fide fighs fight firſt fleep fmiles foft folly fome fong fool foon foul Friendſhip ftand ftill ftrain ftream fuch fung fure fwains fweet heart Heav'n himſelf honour juft laft laſt lefs loft lov'd Lucretius maid moft moſt muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion pain Pallas paſs pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe profe purſue Reaſon reft reſt rife ſcenes ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſmall ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtore thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro trembler uſe Vaneffa virtue Virtue Virtue Whilft whofe wife wiſdom wiſh
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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...