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... pow'r , And claims , by purchase vile and bafe , The loathing maid for his embrace ; Hence virtue fickens , and the breast , Where Peace had built her downy neft , Becomes the troubled feat of Care , And pines with anguish and despair ...
... pow'r , And claims , by purchase vile and bafe , The loathing maid for his embrace ; Hence virtue fickens , and the breast , Where Peace had built her downy neft , Becomes the troubled feat of Care , And pines with anguish and despair ...
Page 30
... pow'r attend , Wide o'er the plains my realms extend ; What midnight robber dare invade The fold , if I the guard am made ? At home the fhepherd's cur may fleep , While I fecure his mafter's fheep . Difcourfe like this attention claim'd ...
... pow'r attend , Wide o'er the plains my realms extend ; What midnight robber dare invade The fold , if I the guard am made ? At home the fhepherd's cur may fleep , While I fecure his mafter's fheep . Difcourfe like this attention claim'd ...
Page 38
... pow'r has giv'n , For prefent earth , a future Heav'n ; For trivial lofs , unmeafur'd gain , And endless blifs , for tranfient pain . Then fear , ah ! fear to turn thy fight Where yonder flow'ry fields invite ; Wide on the left the path ...
... pow'r has giv'n , For prefent earth , a future Heav'n ; For trivial lofs , unmeafur'd gain , And endless blifs , for tranfient pain . Then fear , ah ! fear to turn thy fight Where yonder flow'ry fields invite ; Wide on the left the path ...
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... pow'r to mend , or strength to bear ; And half the thought content may gain , Which spleen employs to purchase pain . D 2 Ꭵ . Trace Trace not the fair domestic plan , From what you ENGLISH POES Y.T 51 An Epistle to a Lady.
... pow'r to mend , or strength to bear ; And half the thought content may gain , Which spleen employs to purchase pain . D 2 Ꭵ . Trace Trace not the fair domestic plan , From what you ENGLISH POES Y.T 51 An Epistle to a Lady.
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... pow'r . Thank ye , great gods , the woman fays = O may your altars ever blaze ! 1 10 A ladle for our filver dish . 1 . Is what I want , is what I with : A ladle ! cries the man , a ladle ! སྙ ོ ་ ་ ' Odzooks , Corfica , you have pray'd ...
... pow'r . Thank ye , great gods , the woman fays = O may your altars ever blaze ! 1 10 A ladle for our filver dish . 1 . Is what I want , is what I with : A ladle ! cries the man , a ladle ! སྙ ོ ་ ་ ' Odzooks , Corfica , you have pray'd ...
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againſt Alma BAUCIS AND PHILEMON beft beſt bleft blifs breaſt Cadenus Carvel caufe charm cry'd dame Death defcend defire delight Dick eaſe elfe erft Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fancy fate feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould fhow fide fighs fight firſt fleep fmiles foft folly fome fong fool foon foul Friendſhip ftand ftill ftrain ftream fuch fung fure fwains fweet heart Heav'n himſelf honour juft laft laſt lefs loft lov'd Lucretius maid moft moſt muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion pain Pallas paſs pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe profe purſue Reaſon reft reſt rife ſcenes ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſmall ſpeak ſtate ſtill ſtore thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro trembler uſe Vaneffa virtue Virtue Virtue Whilft whofe wife wiſdom wiſh
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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...