A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies of vols. 5,6].1766 |
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... mind . Whate'er my ftars include ; What other breafts convert to pain , My towering mind should foon disdain , Should fcorn - Ingratitude ! Repair this mouldering cell , And bleft with objects found at home , And envying none their ...
... mind . Whate'er my ftars include ; What other breafts convert to pain , My towering mind should foon disdain , Should fcorn - Ingratitude ! Repair this mouldering cell , And bleft with objects found at home , And envying none their ...
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... mind , By prefcripts more refin'd , Neglect their votary's anxious moan : Oh , how fhould They relieve VIII . the Mufes all were flown . By flowery plain , or woodland fhades , I fondly fought the charming maids : By woodland fhades ...
... mind , By prefcripts more refin'd , Neglect their votary's anxious moan : Oh , how fhould They relieve VIII . the Mufes all were flown . By flowery plain , or woodland fhades , I fondly fought the charming maids : By woodland fhades ...
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... mind ; foothe their amorous flames , Be fure ye Be fure your laws are not unkind . For hard it is to wear their bloom In unremitting fighs away : To mourn the night's oppreffive gloom , And faintly blefs the rifing day . And cruel ...
... mind ; foothe their amorous flames , Be fure ye Be fure your laws are not unkind . For hard it is to wear their bloom In unremitting fighs away : To mourn the night's oppreffive gloom , And faintly blefs the rifing day . And cruel ...
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... minds fubdue , Who beauty's wounds with pleasure feel , And boast the fetters wrought by you . SONG IV . The SKY - LARK . Go O , tuneful bird , that glad'st the skies , To Daphne's window speed thy way ; And there on quivering pinions ...
... minds fubdue , Who beauty's wounds with pleasure feel , And boast the fetters wrought by you . SONG IV . The SKY - LARK . Go O , tuneful bird , that glad'st the skies , To Daphne's window speed thy way ; And there on quivering pinions ...
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... Minds books , when he has other diet . But more of trap and bait , fir , Why should I fing - or either ? Since the rat , with mickle pride , All their fophiftry defy'd ; And dragg'd them away together . Both trap and bait were vanish'd ...
... Minds books , when he has other diet . But more of trap and bait , fir , Why should I fing - or either ? Since the rat , with mickle pride , All their fophiftry defy'd ; And dragg'd them away together . Both trap and bait were vanish'd ...
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Страница 117 - WHILE at the helm of state you ride, Our nation's envy, and its pride ; While foreign courts with wonder gaze, And curse those councils which they praise; Would you not wonder, sir, to view Your bard a greater man than you ? Which that he is, you cannot doubt, When you have read the sequel out. You know, great sir, that ancient fellows, Philosophers, and such folks, tell us, No great analogy between Greatness and happiness is seen. If then, as it might follow straight, Wretched to be, is to be great....
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Страница 225 - I'll eat him." He said : then full before their sight Produced the beast, and lo! — 'twas white. Both stared, the man looked wondrous wise — "My children," the chameleon cries, (Then first the creature found a tongue), "You all are right, and all are wrong: When next you talk of what you view, Think others see as well as you: Nor wonder, if you find that none Prefers your eyesight to his own.
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Страница 225 - Twere no great loss," the friend replies; "For if they always serve you thus, You'll find them but of little use." So high at last the contest rose, From words they almost came to blows: When luckily came by a third; To him the question they referred; And begged he'd tell them, if he knew, Whether the thing was green or blue. "Sirs," cries the umpire, "cease your pother, The creature's neither one nor t'other.
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