The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... muse to grief resigns the varying tone , The raptures languish , and the numbers groan . O Memory ! thou foul of joy and pain ! Thou actor of our paffions o'er again ! Why doft thou aggravate the wretches woe ? Why add continuous smart ...
... muse to grief resigns the varying tone , The raptures languish , and the numbers groan . O Memory ! thou foul of joy and pain ! Thou actor of our paffions o'er again ! Why doft thou aggravate the wretches woe ? Why add continuous smart ...
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... muse must own We want not fools to buy that Bristol stone . Mean fons of earth , who , on a South - Sea tide Of full fuccefs , fwam into Wealth and Pride , Knock with a purse of gold at Anftis ' gate , And beg to be defcended from the ...
... muse must own We want not fools to buy that Bristol stone . Mean fons of earth , who , on a South - Sea tide Of full fuccefs , fwam into Wealth and Pride , Knock with a purse of gold at Anftis ' gate , And beg to be defcended from the ...
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... muse harmonious numbers yield , And ev'ry couplet be with fancy fill'd : If yet a juft coherence be not made Between each thought , and the whole model laid So So right , that ev'ry line may higher rise , 165 THE BEAUTIES OF.
... muse harmonious numbers yield , And ev'ry couplet be with fancy fill'd : If yet a juft coherence be not made Between each thought , and the whole model laid So So right , that ev'ry line may higher rise , 165 THE BEAUTIES OF.
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