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... these forms of woe : As men who long in prifon dwell , With lamps that glimmer round the cell , When - e'er their suff'ring years are run , Spring forth to greet the glitt'ring fun : Such joy , tho ' far transcending sense , Have pious ...
... these forms of woe : As men who long in prifon dwell , With lamps that glimmer round the cell , When - e'er their suff'ring years are run , Spring forth to greet the glitt'ring fun : Such joy , tho ' far transcending sense , Have pious ...
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... these fables he chiefly founded his reputation ; yet they are , by no means , his best production . HY , Celia , is your spreading waist WHY , So loose , so negligently lac'd ? Why must the wrapping bed - gown hide Your fnowy bofom's ...
... these fables he chiefly founded his reputation ; yet they are , by no means , his best production . HY , Celia , is your spreading waist WHY , So loose , so negligently lac'd ? Why must the wrapping bed - gown hide Your fnowy bofom's ...
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... these , Thro ' fuch a wide , perplexing maze ! Then mark the warnings of the wise ,, And learn what love and years advise . Far to the right thy profpect bend , Where yonder tow'ring hills afcend ; Lo , there , the arduous paths in view ...
... these , Thro ' fuch a wide , perplexing maze ! Then mark the warnings of the wise ,, And learn what love and years advise . Far to the right thy profpect bend , Where yonder tow'ring hills afcend ; Lo , there , the arduous paths in view ...
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... These , Virtue ! these the joys they find , Who leave thy heav'n - topt hills behind ? Shade me , ye pines , ye caverns , hide , Ye mountains , cover me , fhe cry'd ! Her trumpet Slander rais'd on high , And told the tidings to the sky ...
... These , Virtue ! these the joys they find , Who leave thy heav'n - topt hills behind ? Shade me , ye pines , ye caverns , hide , Ye mountains , cover me , fhe cry'd ! Her trumpet Slander rais'd on high , And told the tidings to the sky ...
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... these lines for him prepare A blifs , which I wou'd die to share ! Man may for wealth or glory roam , But woman muft þe bleft at home ; To this fhould all her ftudies tend , This , her great object and her end . Diftafte unmingl'd ...
... these lines for him prepare A blifs , which I wou'd die to share ! Man may for wealth or glory roam , But woman muft þe bleft at home ; To this fhould all her ftudies tend , This , her great object and her end . Diftafte unmingl'd ...
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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...