Elegant Extracts, Volumes 3-4Vicesimus Knox 1809 - English poetry |
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Page 933
... heart with a twang , twang , And it comes to my heart with a twang . I am rock to the handsome and pretty , Can only be touch'd by the witty ; And beauty will ogle in vain : The way to my heart's through my brain . Let all whining ...
... heart with a twang , twang , And it comes to my heart with a twang . I am rock to the handsome and pretty , Can only be touch'd by the witty ; And beauty will ogle in vain : The way to my heart's through my brain . Let all whining ...
Page 938
... heart , if this be love ? If she some other swain commend , Though I was once his fondest friend , His instant enemy I prove ; Tell me , my heart , if this be love ? When she is absent , I no more Delight in all that pleas'd before ...
... heart , if this be love ? If she some other swain commend , Though I was once his fondest friend , His instant enemy I prove ; Tell me , my heart , if this be love ? When she is absent , I no more Delight in all that pleas'd before ...
Page 959
... heart's delight , My handsome Gilderoy . Oh ! sike twe charming een he had , A breath as sweet as rose ; He never ... heart was bent To stir in feats of strife ! And he in many a venturous deed His courage bauld wad try ; And now this ...
... heart's delight , My handsome Gilderoy . Oh ! sike twe charming een he had , A breath as sweet as rose ; He never ... heart was bent To stir in feats of strife ! And he in many a venturous deed His courage bauld wad try ; And now this ...
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