The Works of the English Poets: ShenstoneH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... nymph : amidst his slender store , He dar'd to love ; and Cynthia was his theme ; He breath'd his plaints along the rocky shore , They only echo'd o'er the winding stream ; His nymph was fair ! the sweetest bud that blows Revives lefs ...
... nymph : amidst his slender store , He dar'd to love ; and Cynthia was his theme ; He breath'd his plaints along the rocky shore , They only echo'd o'er the winding stream ; His nymph was fair ! the sweetest bud that blows Revives lefs ...
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... nymphs , that own their amorous pains , And shades , the refuge of the gentle race . To carve your loves , to paint your mutual flames , See ! polish'd fair , the beech's friendly rind ! To fing foft carrols to your lovely dames , See ...
... nymphs , that own their amorous pains , And shades , the refuge of the gentle race . To carve your loves , to paint your mutual flames , See ! polish'd fair , the beech's friendly rind ! To fing foft carrols to your lovely dames , See ...
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... nymph or fwain to rove , And court the genius of my native land . Deluded youth ! that quits thefe verdant plains , To catch the follies of an alien foil ! To win the vice his genuine foul disdains , Return exultant , and import the ...
... nymph or fwain to rove , And court the genius of my native land . Deluded youth ! that quits thefe verdant plains , To catch the follies of an alien foil ! To win the vice his genuine foul disdains , Return exultant , and import the ...
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... nymphs , the graces , and the loves , But fees them , weeping o'er Lucinda's urn . She vifits , Ifis ! thy forfaken streami , Oh ill forfaken for Baotian air ! She deems no flood reflects fo bright a beam , No reed fo verdant , and no ...
... nymphs , the graces , and the loves , But fees them , weeping o'er Lucinda's urn . She vifits , Ifis ! thy forfaken streami , Oh ill forfaken for Baotian air ! She deems no flood reflects fo bright a beam , No reed fo verdant , and no ...
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... nymph fo blooming and fo gay , That led the dance beneath the feftive fhade ! But the that , in the morning of her day , Intomb'd beneath the grafs - green fod was laid . * Alludes to a tax upon luxury . No more her eyes their wonted ...
... nymph fo blooming and fo gay , That led the dance beneath the feftive fhade ! But the that , in the morning of her day , Intomb'd beneath the grafs - green fod was laid . * Alludes to a tax upon luxury . No more her eyes their wonted ...
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Страница 151 - I fed on the smiles of my dear ? They tell me, my favourite maid, The pride of that valley, is flown ; Alas ! where with her I have stray'd I could wander with pleasure, alone.
Страница 154 - I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to a dove, That it ever attended the bold ; And she call'd it the sister of love. But her words such a pleasure convey, So much I her accents adore, Let her speak, and whatever she say, Methinks, I should love her the more.
Страница 156 - Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die.
Страница 153 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
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