The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... face , A little water might displace ,. As Nature , ev'ry morn , beftows The crystal dew , to cleanse the rose : Those treffes , as the raven black , That wav'd in ringlets down your back , Uncomb'd , and injur'd by negle & , Destroy the ...
... face , A little water might displace ,. As Nature , ev'ry morn , beftows The crystal dew , to cleanse the rose : Those treffes , as the raven black , That wav'd in ringlets down your back , Uncomb'd , and injur'd by negle & , Destroy the ...
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... face would never last . Corinna , with that youthful air , Is thirty , and a bit to spare : Her fondness for a certain earl Began , when I was but a girl . Phillis , who but a month ago Was marry'd to the Tunbridge beau , I faw ...
... face would never last . Corinna , with that youthful air , Is thirty , and a bit to spare : Her fondness for a certain earl Began , when I was but a girl . Phillis , who but a month ago Was marry'd to the Tunbridge beau , I faw ...
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... face ; She never hit one proper place ; Which ev'ry girl at five years old Can do , as soon as she is told . I own , that out - of - fashion stuff Becomes the Creature well enough . The girl might pafs , if we could get her To know the ...
... face ; She never hit one proper place ; Which ev'ry girl at five years old Can do , as soon as she is told . I own , that out - of - fashion stuff Becomes the Creature well enough . The girl might pafs , if we could get her To know the ...
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