Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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Page 91
... Maid . While now perhaps with Dido's ghoft fhe roves , And hears and tells the ftory of their loves , Alike they mourn , alike they blefs their fate , Since love , which made ' em wretched , makes ' em great , Nor longer that relentless ...
... Maid . While now perhaps with Dido's ghoft fhe roves , And hears and tells the ftory of their loves , Alike they mourn , alike they blefs their fate , Since love , which made ' em wretched , makes ' em great , Nor longer that relentless ...
Page 122
... maids with care The due folemnities prepare . When vanquish'd foes beneath us lie , How great it is to bid them Die ! But how much greater to forgive , And bid a vanquish'd foe to Live ! [ Exeunt with the Body . SCENE SCENE VII . Sir ...
... maids with care The due folemnities prepare . When vanquish'd foes beneath us lie , How great it is to bid them Die ! But how much greater to forgive , And bid a vanquish'd foe to Live ! [ Exeunt with the Body . SCENE SCENE VII . Sir ...
Page 164
... leaves and bark : The maids were heard to say , " Forbear , mistaken Parent , Oh ! forbear ; " A wounded daughter in each tree you tear ; } Farewel 1 " Farewel for ever . " Here the bark increas'd 164 Poems on feveral Occafions .
... leaves and bark : The maids were heard to say , " Forbear , mistaken Parent , Oh ! forbear ; " A wounded daughter in each tree you tear ; } Farewel 1 " Farewel for ever . " Here the bark increas'd 164 Poems on feveral Occafions .
Page 165
... maid . The Transformation of CY CN us into a Swan . Cycnus beheld the Nymphs transform'd , ally'd To their dead brother , on the mortal fide , In friendship and affection nearer bound ; He left the cities and the realms he own'd , Thro ...
... maid . The Transformation of CY CN us into a Swan . Cycnus beheld the Nymphs transform'd , ally'd To their dead brother , on the mortal fide , In friendship and affection nearer bound ; He left the cities and the realms he own'd , Thro ...
Page 169
... maids contend with Jove ! Poffeft at length of what his heart defir'd , Back to his heav'ns th ' infulting God retir❜d . The lovely huntress , rifing from the grafs , With down - caft eyes , and with a blushing face , By fhame ...
... maids contend with Jove ! Poffeft at length of what his heart defir'd , Back to his heav'ns th ' infulting God retir❜d . The lovely huntress , rifing from the grafs , With down - caft eyes , and with a blushing face , By fhame ...
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