A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands: With NotesJ. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... nature , to fear , or to fhame . I am not as cold as a virgin in lead , Nor is Sunday's fermon fo ftrong in my head : I know but too well how time flies along , That we live but few years , and yet fewer are young . H 2 II . But II ...
... nature , to fear , or to fhame . I am not as cold as a virgin in lead , Nor is Sunday's fermon fo ftrong in my head : I know but too well how time flies along , That we live but few years , and yet fewer are young . H 2 II . But II ...
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... nature fo equally join'd ? ) Would value his pleasure , contribute to mine ; Not meanly would boaft , nor would lewdly defign , Not over fevere , yet not ftupidly vain , For I would have the power , though not give the pain . III . No ...
... nature fo equally join'd ? ) Would value his pleasure , contribute to mine ; Not meanly would boaft , nor would lewdly defign , Not over fevere , yet not ftupidly vain , For I would have the power , though not give the pain . III . No ...
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... nature you refine- The fpring beheld you warm in this design ; But fcarce the cold attacks your fav'rite trees , Your inclination fails , and wishes freeze . You quit the grove , fo lately you admir'd ; With other views your eager hopes ...
... nature you refine- The fpring beheld you warm in this design ; But fcarce the cold attacks your fav'rite trees , Your inclination fails , and wishes freeze . You quit the grove , fo lately you admir'd ; With other views your eager hopes ...
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... the virgin heart ; Of every folly - foft'ring bed By quick'ning heat of cuftom bred . Rather than by your culture fpoil'd , Defift , and give us nature wild , Delighted Delighted with a hoyden foul , Which truth and innocence [ شر 136 ]
... the virgin heart ; Of every folly - foft'ring bed By quick'ning heat of cuftom bred . Rather than by your culture fpoil'd , Defift , and give us nature wild , Delighted Delighted with a hoyden foul , Which truth and innocence [ شر 136 ]
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... nature , fhone ; And jealousy , a thing unknown : E Veils were the only masks they wore ; Novels ( receipts to make a whore ) Nor ombre , nor quadrille they knew , Nor Pam's puiffance felt at loo . Wife men did not to be thought gay ...
... nature , fhone ; And jealousy , a thing unknown : E Veils were the only masks they wore ; Novels ( receipts to make a whore ) Nor ombre , nor quadrille they knew , Nor Pam's puiffance felt at loo . Wife men did not to be thought gay ...
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