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... maids by night , Has hent him up aloof ; And full against the beam he flung , Where , by the back , the youth he hung , To sprawl unneath the roof , From thence , " Reverse my charm , he crys , And let it fairly now fuffice The gambol ...
... maids by night , Has hent him up aloof ; And full against the beam he flung , Where , by the back , the youth he hung , To sprawl unneath the roof , From thence , " Reverse my charm , he crys , And let it fairly now fuffice The gambol ...
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... maid for his embrace ; Hence virtue fickens , and the breast , Where Peace had built her downy neft , Becomes the troubled feat of Care , And pines with anguish and despair . A Wolf , rapacious , rough , and bold , Whose nightly ...
... maid for his embrace ; Hence virtue fickens , and the breast , Where Peace had built her downy neft , Becomes the troubled feat of Care , And pines with anguish and despair . A Wolf , rapacious , rough , and bold , Whose nightly ...
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Oliver Goldsmith. THE FEMALE SEDUCERS . ' T ' IS faid of widow , maid , and wife , That Honour is a woman's life ; Unhappy fex ! who only claim A being , in the breath of fame ; Which tainted , not the quick'ning gales , That sweep ...
Oliver Goldsmith. THE FEMALE SEDUCERS . ' T ' IS faid of widow , maid , and wife , That Honour is a woman's life ; Unhappy fex ! who only claim A being , in the breath of fame ; Which tainted , not the quick'ning gales , That sweep ...
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... maid in ftature grew , ( A flow'r juft op'ning to the view ) Oft thro ' her native lawns fhe ftray'd , And , wrestling with the lambkins , play'd ; Her looks diffufive fweets bequeath'd , The breeze grew purer as she breath'd , The morn ...
... maid in ftature grew , ( A flow'r juft op'ning to the view ) Oft thro ' her native lawns fhe ftray'd , And , wrestling with the lambkins , play'd ; Her looks diffufive fweets bequeath'd , The breeze grew purer as she breath'd , The morn ...
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... maid , for thee alone , Nor pray'rs fhall plead , nor tears atone ; Reproach , fcorn , infamy , and hate , On thy returning steps fhall wait ; Thy form be loath'd by ev'ry eye , And ev'ry foot thy prefence fly . Thus , Thus , arm'd with ...
... maid , for thee alone , Nor pray'rs fhall plead , nor tears atone ; Reproach , fcorn , infamy , and hate , On thy returning steps fhall wait ; Thy form be loath'd by ev'ry eye , And ev'ry foot thy prefence fly . Thus , Thus , arm'd with ...
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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...