The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... beauty , fhe was beauty's self , Recluse amidst the clofe - embowering woods . As , in the hollow breast of Appenine , Beneath the shelter of encircling hills , A myrtle rifes , far from human eye , And breathes its balmy fragrance o'er ...
... beauty , fhe was beauty's self , Recluse amidst the clofe - embowering woods . As , in the hollow breast of Appenine , Beneath the shelter of encircling hills , A myrtle rifes , far from human eye , And breathes its balmy fragrance o'er ...
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... Beauty can only point the dart ; ' Tis neatness guides it to the heart : Let neatness , then , and beauty , strive To keep a wav'ring flame alive . ' Tis harder far ( you'll find it true ) To keep the conqueft , than fubdue ; Admit us ...
... Beauty can only point the dart ; ' Tis neatness guides it to the heart : Let neatness , then , and beauty , strive To keep a wav'ring flame alive . ' Tis harder far ( you'll find it true ) To keep the conqueft , than fubdue ; Admit us ...
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... beauty , come away . Lift not , when the froward chide , Sons of pedantry , and pride , Snarlers , to whose feeble sense April funfhine is offence ; Age and envy will advise Ev'n against the joys they prize : Come , in Pleafure's balmy ...
... beauty , come away . Lift not , when the froward chide , Sons of pedantry , and pride , Snarlers , to whose feeble sense April funfhine is offence ; Age and envy will advise Ev'n against the joys they prize : Come , in Pleafure's balmy ...
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