Poems ...W. Scott, 1885 - 334 pages |
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... nymph to slight , Adorning May , that peevish maid , With June's undoubted right , " The minx shall , for your folly's sake , Still prove herself a shrew , Shall make your scribbling fingers ache , And pinch your noses blue . THE ...
... nymph to slight , Adorning May , that peevish maid , With June's undoubted right , " The minx shall , for your folly's sake , Still prove herself a shrew , Shall make your scribbling fingers ache , And pinch your noses blue . THE ...
Page 261
... nymphs bestow'd their charms , Hylas , who perish'd in a Naiad's arms . Angry he seem'd , yet graceful in his ire , And added threats , not destitute of fire . " " ' My power , " he said , " by others ' pain alone , " Twere best to ...
... nymphs bestow'd their charms , Hylas , who perish'd in a Naiad's arms . Angry he seem'd , yet graceful in his ire , And added threats , not destitute of fire . " " ' My power , " he said , " by others ' pain alone , " Twere best to ...
Page 262
... nymphs , that mov'd With grace divine , beheld where'er I rov'd . Bright shone the vernal day with double blaze , As ... nymph was she , whom when I dar'd His arrows , Love had even then prepar'd ! Nor was himself remote , nor unsupplied ...
... nymphs , that mov'd With grace divine , beheld where'er I rov'd . Bright shone the vernal day with double blaze , As ... nymph was she , whom when I dar'd His arrows , Love had even then prepar'd ! Nor was himself remote , nor unsupplied ...
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On a Plant of VirginsBower | 6 |
INTRODUCTORY NOTICE | 7 |
To my Cousin | 31 |
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