Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... mourner ever felt poetic fires ! Slow comes the s e verse , that real woe inspires : Grief unaffected fuits but ill with art , Or flowing numbers with ableeding heart . Can What awe Can I forget the difmal night , that xxviii The PREFACE .
... mourner ever felt poetic fires ! Slow comes the s e verse , that real woe inspires : Grief unaffected fuits but ill with art , Or flowing numbers with ableeding heart . Can What awe Can I forget the difmal night , that xxviii The PREFACE .
Page xxix
... heart .; Of thee forgetful if I form a fong , My lyre be broken , and untun'd my tongue , My grief be doubled , from thy image free , And mirth a torment , unchaftis'd by thee . Of Oft let me range the gloomy lles alone ( Sad I xxix ]
... heart .; Of thee forgetful if I form a fong , My lyre be broken , and untun'd my tongue , My grief be doubled , from thy image free , And mirth a torment , unchaftis'd by thee . Of Oft let me range the gloomy lles alone ( Sad I xxix ]
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... heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before , Till bliss shall join , nor death can part us more . That awful form ( which , fo ye heav'ns decree , Muft fill be lov'd and fill deplor'd by me ) In nightly vifions feldom fails ...
... heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before , Till bliss shall join , nor death can part us more . That awful form ( which , fo ye heav'ns decree , Muft fill be lov'd and fill deplor'd by me ) In nightly vifions feldom fails ...
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... Heart MARIA ftill does wound , And Tears burst out unbidden at the found ; MARIA ftill our rifing Mirth destroys , Darkens our Triumphs , and forbids our Joys . But fee , at length , the British Ships appear ! ' Our NASSAU comes ! and ...
... Heart MARIA ftill does wound , And Tears burst out unbidden at the found ; MARIA ftill our rifing Mirth destroys , Darkens our Triumphs , and forbids our Joys . But fee , at length , the British Ships appear ! ' Our NASSAU comes ! and ...
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... Hearts tremble , and beat thick with war ; Hoarfe broken founds , like trumpets ' harsh alarms , Run thro ' the hive , and call ' em to their arms ; All in a hurry spread their fhiv'ring wings , And fit their claws , and point their ...
... Hearts tremble , and beat thick with war ; Hoarfe broken founds , like trumpets ' harsh alarms , Run thro ' the hive , and call ' em to their arms ; All in a hurry spread their fhiv'ring wings , And fit their claws , and point their ...
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