The Lady's Magazine: Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement, Volume 38 |
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Go on , brave " haughty countess her sister , was put youth ! although thou art calumniat on her ; and thus arrayed , the sad ed by those who could not injure and almost heart - broken Matilda , thee otherwise than by branding thy ...
Go on , brave " haughty countess her sister , was put youth ! although thou art calumniat on her ; and thus arrayed , the sad ed by those who could not injure and almost heart - broken Matilda , thee otherwise than by branding thy ...
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SLEEP , sleep in peace , seraphic boy , Thou tender pledge of love sincere ! Thy wretched parents ' only joy , And now their only solace here ! May happier prospects welcome thee on Than those , alas ! have known , who gave thy beauties ...
SLEEP , sleep in peace , seraphic boy , Thou tender pledge of love sincere ! Thy wretched parents ' only joy , And now their only solace here ! May happier prospects welcome thee on Than those , alas ! have known , who gave thy beauties ...
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When to her bosom clasp'd , or cradled by her O no ! each thing reminds us now with pain ; side . Our darling's gone , and all our hopes are yain . No more each parent sees thy sportive ways ; As yet thou hast not learnt to share ...
When to her bosom clasp'd , or cradled by her O no ! each thing reminds us now with pain ; side . Our darling's gone , and all our hopes are yain . No more each parent sees thy sportive ways ; As yet thou hast not learnt to share ...
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... his inmost And every scene of sorrow tly . breast : • To Eve's fair daughters various virtues fall , What though o'er bursting waves I roll , • But thou , lov'd charmer , hast excell'd them And tempt the horrors of the main ; all .
... his inmost And every scene of sorrow tly . breast : • To Eve's fair daughters various virtues fall , What though o'er bursting waves I roll , • But thou , lov'd charmer , hast excell'd them And tempt the horrors of the main ; all .
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In life , dear mother , thou meniary flashes to look on the bed , wert my beloved monitress ; though and had still less power to fly . Yet dead , be thou my guardian angel ! why , ( why , ' said she , should A heavy groan at no great ...
In life , dear mother , thou meniary flashes to look on the bed , wert my beloved monitress ; though and had still less power to fly . Yet dead , be thou my guardian angel ! why , ( why , ' said she , should A heavy groan at no great ...
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Page 401 - customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he : The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 493 - No more of that. I pray you, in your letters, When you shall these unlucky deeds relate, Speak of me as I am ; nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice...
Page 488 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 498 - On beds of green sea-flower thy limbs shall be laid, Around thy white bones the' red coral shall grow Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made, And every part suit to thy mansion below.
Page 488 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, ^ That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 497 - And the swallow sings sweet from her nest in the wall ; All trembling with transport he raises the latch, And the voices of loved ones reply to his call.
Page 288 - Beneath the shelter of encircling hills A myrtle rises, far from human eye, And breathes its balmy fragrance o'er the wild...
Page 288 - Beyond the pomp of dress ; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorn'd, adorn'd the most.
Page 101 - But they all laughed so loud that he pulled in his head, And went in his own little chamber to bed. Then, as evening gave way to the shadows of night, Their watchman, the Glow-worm, came out with a light. • Then home let us hasten, while yet we can see, For no watchman is waiting for you and for me.
Page 192 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found, — They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground.