The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... Fears am I ! They view me like the last of things ; They make , and then they dread my ftings . Fools if you lefs provok'd your fears , No more my spectre - form appears . B 2 Death's Death's but a path that must be trod , If ENGLISH ...
... Fears am I ! They view me like the last of things ; They make , and then they dread my ftings . Fools if you lefs provok'd your fears , No more my spectre - form appears . B 2 Death's Death's but a path that must be trod , If ENGLISH ...
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... fear , ah ! fear to turn thy fight Where yonder flow'ry fields invite ; Wide on the left the path - way bends , And with pernicious ease descends ; There , There , sweet to sense , and fair to fhow 38 THE BEAUTIES OF.
... fear , ah ! fear to turn thy fight Where yonder flow'ry fields invite ; Wide on the left the path - way bends , And with pernicious ease descends ; There , There , sweet to sense , and fair to fhow 38 THE BEAUTIES OF.
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... fears That lofty road of airy travellers ; But yet , incited by fome bold defign , That does her hopes beyond her fears incline , Prunes ev'ry feather , views herself with care , At laft refolv'd , fhe cleaves the yielding air ; Away ...
... fears That lofty road of airy travellers ; But yet , incited by fome bold defign , That does her hopes beyond her fears incline , Prunes ev'ry feather , views herself with care , At laft refolv'd , fhe cleaves the yielding air ; Away ...
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