The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... charms of Edith's eyes , Nor wanted hope to gain the prize , Cou'd ladies look within ; But one Sir Topaz drefs'd with art , And , if a shape cou'd win a heart , He had a shape to win . B. 3 Edwin Edwin , if right I read my song , With ...
... charms of Edith's eyes , Nor wanted hope to gain the prize , Cou'd ladies look within ; But one Sir Topaz drefs'd with art , And , if a shape cou'd win a heart , He had a shape to win . B. 3 Edwin Edwin , if right I read my song , With ...
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... Charm'd by his fpells fair Honour flies , And thousand treacherous phantoms rife Where Guilt , in Beauty's ray , beguiles , And Ruin lurks in Friendship's fmiles .. Lo ! where th ' enchanted captive dreams , Of warbling groves , and ...
... Charm'd by his fpells fair Honour flies , And thousand treacherous phantoms rife Where Guilt , in Beauty's ray , beguiles , And Ruin lurks in Friendship's fmiles .. Lo ! where th ' enchanted captive dreams , Of warbling groves , and ...
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... charms could not incline to stay . Yet , what he fung in his immortal ftrain , Though unfuccefsful , was not fung in vain : All , but the nymph that should redress his wrong , Attend his paffion , and approve his fong . Like Phœbus thus ...
... charms could not incline to stay . Yet , what he fung in his immortal ftrain , Though unfuccefsful , was not fung in vain : All , but the nymph that should redress his wrong , Attend his paffion , and approve his fong . Like Phœbus thus ...
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