Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas TomkinsJ. Wallis, 1785 - 204 pages |
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... Nymph , The gloomy fiend Stupidity . How to tube as " I inftead of thee , ob 1 III . 137 O may that fiend be banish'd far , Though paffions hold eternal war ! I long nail if iw !! Nor ever let me cease to know : drown edi sig ' nA The ...
... Nymph , The gloomy fiend Stupidity . How to tube as " I inftead of thee , ob 1 III . 137 O may that fiend be banish'd far , Though paffions hold eternal war ! I long nail if iw !! Nor ever let me cease to know : drown edi sig ' nA The ...
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... Nymph , whofe powerful hand From dulnefs fet me free , Thy praifes I'll for ever fing , Sweet Senfibility . Thy touch , fo gentle and benign , Revives the torpid heart ; Thou pleasure canst from pain refine , To joys new joy impart . By ...
... Nymph , whofe powerful hand From dulnefs fet me free , Thy praifes I'll for ever fing , Sweet Senfibility . Thy touch , fo gentle and benign , Revives the torpid heart ; Thou pleasure canst from pain refine , To joys new joy impart . By ...
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... nymph Indifference bring . At her approach , fee Hope , fee Fear , See Expectation fly ; And Difappointment in the rear , That blafts the promis'd joy . The tear which pity taught to flow , The eye shall then disown ; The heart that ...
... nymph Indifference bring . At her approach , fee Hope , fee Fear , See Expectation fly ; And Difappointment in the rear , That blafts the promis'd joy . The tear which pity taught to flow , The eye shall then disown ; The heart that ...
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... nymphs of Solima ! begin the fong : To heavenly themes fublimer strains belong . The moffy fountains , and the fylvan fhades , The dreams of Pindus and th ' Aonian maids , Delight no more- -O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Ifaiah's ...
... nymphs of Solima ! begin the fong : To heavenly themes fublimer strains belong . The moffy fountains , and the fylvan fhades , The dreams of Pindus and th ' Aonian maids , Delight no more- -O thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Ifaiah's ...
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... nymph to forego , What anguish I felt at my heart ! Yet I thought - but it might not be fo →→ ' Twas with pain that she saw me depart . She gaz'd , as I flowly withdrew ; My path I could hardly difcern ; So fweetly the bade me adieu ...
... nymph to forego , What anguish I felt at my heart ! Yet I thought - but it might not be fo →→ ' Twas with pain that she saw me depart . She gaz'd , as I flowly withdrew ; My path I could hardly difcern ; So fweetly the bade me adieu ...
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