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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... pleasures of rural life . To promote fuch defirable ends , the ftudy of Poetry has ever met with the fanction and encou- ragement of men the most eminent for their wisdom and virtue and it is much to be feared that those :: whofe ...
... pleasures of rural life . To promote fuch defirable ends , the ftudy of Poetry has ever met with the fanction and encou- ragement of men the most eminent for their wisdom and virtue and it is much to be feared that those :: whofe ...
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... pleasure , join'd with thee . Let Sloth lie foft'ning ' till high noon in down , Or lolling fan her in the fultry town , Unnerv'd with reft ; and turn her own disease , Or fofter others in luxurious eafe ; I mount the courser , call the ...
... pleasure , join'd with thee . Let Sloth lie foft'ning ' till high noon in down , Or lolling fan her in the fultry town , Unnerv'd with reft ; and turn her own disease , Or fofter others in luxurious eafe ; I mount the courser , call the ...
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... pleasure rife from ev'ry change . Here , beauteous Health ! for all the year remain : When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again . Oh come , thou Goddess of my rural fong ! And bring thy daughter , calm Content , along ; Dame of ...
... pleasure rife from ev'ry change . Here , beauteous Health ! for all the year remain : When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again . Oh come , thou Goddess of my rural fong ! And bring thy daughter , calm Content , along ; Dame of ...
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... gentle and benign , Revives the torpid heart ; Thou pleasure canst from pain refine , To joys new joy impart . By thee the gaudy rainbow fhows More beauties to the eye , By thee more fweetly fmells the rose , And boasts SELECT POEMS . 43.
... gentle and benign , Revives the torpid heart ; Thou pleasure canst from pain refine , To joys new joy impart . By thee the gaudy rainbow fhows More beauties to the eye , By thee more fweetly fmells the rose , And boasts SELECT POEMS . 43.
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... pleasure can to pain refine , To pains new pangs impart . Oh ! hafte to shed the sacred balm ! My fhatter'd nerves new string ; And for my gueft , ferenely calm , The nymph Indifference bring . At her approach , fee Hope , fee Fear ...
... pleasure can to pain refine , To pains new pangs impart . Oh ! hafte to shed the sacred balm ! My fhatter'd nerves new string ; And for my gueft , ferenely calm , The nymph Indifference bring . At her approach , fee Hope , fee Fear ...
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