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... Some wind and tumble like an ape , And other - fome tranfmute their shape In Edwin's wond'ring eyes . Till one , at last , that Robin hight , Renown'd for pinching maids by night , Has hent him up aloof ; And full against the beam he ...
... Some wind and tumble like an ape , And other - fome tranfmute their shape In Edwin's wond'ring eyes . Till one , at last , that Robin hight , Renown'd for pinching maids by night , Has hent him up aloof ; And full against the beam he ...
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... some worth , now doom'd to fall ; And I , perchance , in him , have murder'd all . O fate of late repentance ! always vain : Thy remedies but lull undying pain . Where shall my hope find reft ? —No mother's care Shielded my infant ...
... some worth , now doom'd to fall ; And I , perchance , in him , have murder'd all . O fate of late repentance ! always vain : Thy remedies but lull undying pain . Where shall my hope find reft ? —No mother's care Shielded my infant ...
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... Some darling daughter of the day , And body'd by her native ray . Where - e'er fhe paffes , thousands bend , And thousands , where the moves , attend ; Her ways obfervant eyes confess , Her fteps pursuing praises blefs ; While to the ...
... Some darling daughter of the day , And body'd by her native ray . Where - e'er fhe paffes , thousands bend , And thousands , where the moves , attend ; Her ways obfervant eyes confess , Her fteps pursuing praises blefs ; While to the ...
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... of hopes , and fears , Of trembling wishes , fmiling tears , Still down , and down , the winning pair Compell'd the struggling , yielding fair . As As when some stately veffel , bound To blefs'd Arabia's ENGLISH POES Y. 43.
... of hopes , and fears , Of trembling wishes , fmiling tears , Still down , and down , the winning pair Compell'd the struggling , yielding fair . As As when some stately veffel , bound To blefs'd Arabia's ENGLISH POES Y. 43.
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Oliver Goldsmith. As when some stately veffel , bound To blefs'd Arabia's distant ground , Borne from her courfes , haply lights Where Barca's flow'ry clime invites , Conceal'd around whofe treach'rous land , Lurks the dire rock , and ...
Oliver Goldsmith. As when some stately veffel , bound To blefs'd Arabia's distant ground , Borne from her courfes , haply lights Where Barca's flow'ry clime invites , Conceal'd around whofe treach'rous land , Lurks the dire rock , and ...
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...