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" To soothe our passions into peace, To twine in union sweet the kindred mind, Th'endearing ties of social life to bind In chains so strong, yet soft, they but with life can cease. The mutual int'rest all reserve disclaiming, The scheme of pleasure each... "
Poems on Several Occasions: By Mrs. Darwall. (Formerly Miss Whateley) in Two ... - Page 49
by Mary Darwall - 1794
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Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology

Roger Lonsdale, Roger H. Lonsdale - English literature - 1990 - 612 pages
...social life to bind In chains so strong, yet soft, they but with life can cease. The mutual interest all reserve disclaiming, The scheme of pleasure each...know: — — But hark! — my darling infant cries, 30 And each poetic fancy flies. (Wr. c. 1780; pub. 1794) ALISON COCKBURN (nee RUTHERFORD) (1713-94)...
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