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... true . Exalt thy love - dejected heart s Be mine the task , or ere we part , To make thee grief refign ; Now take the pleafure of thy chaunce ; Whilft I with Mab , my partner , daunce , Be little Mable thine . He spoke , and , all a ...
... true . Exalt thy love - dejected heart s Be mine the task , or ere we part , To make thee grief refign ; Now take the pleafure of thy chaunce ; Whilft I with Mab , my partner , daunce , Be little Mable thine . He spoke , and , all a ...
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... true ) To keep the conqueft , than - fubdue ; Admit us once behind the fcreen , What is there farther to be feen ? A newer face may raise the flame ; But ev'ry woman is the fame . Then ftudy , chiefly , to improve . The charm that fix'd ...
... true ) To keep the conqueft , than - fubdue ; Admit us once behind the fcreen , What is there farther to be feen ? A newer face may raise the flame ; But ev'ry woman is the fame . Then ftudy , chiefly , to improve . The charm that fix'd ...
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... true as odd is , " That , in difguife , a god or goddess Exerts no fupernat❜ral powers , But acts on maxims much like ours . They fpy'd , at laft , a country farm , Where all was fnug , and clean , and warm ; For woods before , and ...
... true as odd is , " That , in difguife , a god or goddess Exerts no fupernat❜ral powers , But acts on maxims much like ours . They fpy'd , at laft , a country farm , Where all was fnug , and clean , and warm ; For woods before , and ...
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... true ; And , really , your's is budding too Nay - now I cannot ftir my foot ; It feels as if ' twere taking root . " Description would but tire my muse ; In fhort , they both were turn'd to Yews . Old Goodman Dobfon of the Green ...
... true ; And , really , your's is budding too Nay - now I cannot ftir my foot ; It feels as if ' twere taking root . " Description would but tire my muse ; In fhort , they both were turn'd to Yews . Old Goodman Dobfon of the Green ...
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... true fighs thy abfence to bemoan , And grave with faithful epitaphs thy ftone . If e'er from me thy lov'd memorial part , May fhame afflict this alienated heart ; Of thee forgetful if I form a fong , My lyre be broken , and untun'd my ...
... true fighs thy abfence to bemoan , And grave with faithful epitaphs thy ftone . If e'er from me thy lov'd memorial part , May fhame afflict this alienated heart ; Of thee forgetful if I form a fong , My lyre be broken , and untun'd my ...
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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...