The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... knew , And , trembling , o'er the meadow flew ; Their nimbleft speed the Wolf o'ertook , And , courteous , thus the dam bespoke . Stay , faireft , and fufpend your fear ; Trust me , no enemy is near : These jaws , in flaughter oft imbru ...
... knew , And , trembling , o'er the meadow flew ; Their nimbleft speed the Wolf o'ertook , And , courteous , thus the dam bespoke . Stay , faireft , and fufpend your fear ; Trust me , no enemy is near : These jaws , in flaughter oft imbru ...
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... knew ; The many raise the value of the few . But here ( as all our fex too oft have try'd ) Women have drawn my wand'ring thoughts aside . Their greatest fault , who in this kind have writ , Is not defect in words , or want of wit ; But ...
... knew ; The many raise the value of the few . But here ( as all our fex too oft have try'd ) Women have drawn my wand'ring thoughts aside . Their greatest fault , who in this kind have writ , Is not defect in words , or want of wit ; But ...
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... knew not how to reconcile Such language with her usual stile : And yet her words were so exprest , He could not hope the fpoke in jeft . His thoughts had wholly been confin'd To form and cultivate her mind , He hardly knew , till he was ...
... knew not how to reconcile Such language with her usual stile : And yet her words were so exprest , He could not hope the fpoke in jeft . His thoughts had wholly been confin'd To form and cultivate her mind , He hardly knew , till he was ...
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Palemon and Lavinia | 13 |
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