A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes: With Notes, Volume 5J. Dodsley, 1782 - English poetry |
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... pride " Dares the fleecy garb deride ; " Think not she who , light and vain , " Scorns the sheep , can love the swain . " Artless deed and fimple dress , " Mark the chofen fhepherdefs ; " Thoughts by decency controul'd , " Well conceiv ...
... pride " Dares the fleecy garb deride ; " Think not she who , light and vain , " Scorns the sheep , can love the swain . " Artless deed and fimple dress , " Mark the chofen fhepherdefs ; " Thoughts by decency controul'd , " Well conceiv ...
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... pride " Draw thee from fuch charms afide ; " Have not those their proper sphere ? " Gentler paffions triumph here . " See , to sweeten thy repofe , " The bloffom buds , the fountain flows ; " Lo ! to crown thy healthful board , " All ...
... pride " Draw thee from fuch charms afide ; " Have not those their proper sphere ? " Gentler paffions triumph here . " See , to sweeten thy repofe , " The bloffom buds , the fountain flows ; " Lo ! to crown thy healthful board , " All ...
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... drear ! VIII . I go - to feed on pleasures flown , Nor find the spring my lofs atone ! But ' mid the flowery sweets of May With pride recall this winter's day . An An irregular ODE after SICKNESS , 1749 . 00 Melius [ 28 ] .
... drear ! VIII . I go - to feed on pleasures flown , Nor find the spring my lofs atone ! But ' mid the flowery sweets of May With pride recall this winter's day . An An irregular ODE after SICKNESS , 1749 . 00 Melius [ 28 ] .
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... pride of spring ? The cyprefs bough , that fuits the bier , Retains its verdure all the year . ' Tis true , my vine fo fresh and fair , Might claim awhile my wonted care ; My rural store fome pleafure yield ; So white a flock , fo green ...
... pride of spring ? The cyprefs bough , that fuits the bier , Retains its verdure all the year . ' Tis true , my vine fo fresh and fair , Might claim awhile my wonted care ; My rural store fome pleafure yield ; So white a flock , fo green ...
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... pride us : And would make no more Of King Arthursa , by the score , Than - all the world befide does . But if the desperate potion , Might chance to over - dofe him ; To check its rage , He took a page Of logic , to compose him . a Sir ...
... pride us : And would make no more Of King Arthursa , by the score , Than - all the world befide does . But if the desperate potion , Might chance to over - dofe him ; To check its rage , He took a page Of logic , to compose him . a Sir ...
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