The Works: In Verse and Prose, of Dr. Thomas Parnell, ... Enlarged with Variations and Poems, Not Before Publish'dRobert & Andrew Foulis, 1767 - 232 pages |
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... pleasures wait behind , Afide , a thousand arrows ly , But all unfeather'd wait to fly . When they met , the Dame and Boy , Dancing Graces , idle Joy , Wanton Smiles , and airy Play , Coufpir'd to make the scene be gay ; Love pair'd the ...
... pleasures wait behind , Afide , a thousand arrows ly , But all unfeather'd wait to fly . When they met , the Dame and Boy , Dancing Graces , idle Joy , Wanton Smiles , and airy Play , Coufpir'd to make the scene be gay ; Love pair'd the ...
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... pleasure of thy chaunce ; Whilft I with Mab my part'ner daunce , Be little Mable thine . He spoke , and all a fudden there Light music floats in wanton air ; The Monarch leads the Queen : The rest their Faerie partners found , And Mable ...
... pleasure of thy chaunce ; Whilft I with Mab my part'ner daunce , Be little Mable thine . He spoke , and all a fudden there Light music floats in wanton air ; The Monarch leads the Queen : The rest their Faerie partners found , And Mable ...
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... pleasurable rites : Here crouds in meafures lightly - decent rove ; Or feek by pairs the covert of the grove , Neu quid arcu , neu fagitta , neu quid igne laederet . Sed tamen cavete Nimfae , quod Cupido pulcher est : Totus eft inermis ...
... pleasurable rites : Here crouds in meafures lightly - decent rove ; Or feek by pairs the covert of the grove , Neu quid arcu , neu fagitta , neu quid igne laederet . Sed tamen cavete Nimfae , quod Cupido pulcher est : Totus eft inermis ...
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... pleasure reigns ; The life of Beauty fills the rural scenes ; Ev'n Love ( if Fame the truth of Love declare ) Drew first the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flow'ry ...
... pleasure reigns ; The life of Beauty fills the rural scenes ; Ev'n Love ( if Fame the truth of Love declare ) Drew first the breathings of a rural air . Some pleafing meadow pregnant Beauty preft , She laid her infant on its flow'ry ...
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... pleasure , as for grief before . And still her graces rise , her airs extend , And all is filence ' till the Syren end . " Cras amet , qui numquam amavit ; quique ama- " vit , cras amet . " Ecce , jam fuper geneftas explicant tauri ...
... pleasure , as for grief before . And still her graces rise , her airs extend , And all is filence ' till the Syren end . " Cras amet , qui numquam amavit ; quique ama- " vit , cras amet . " Ecce , jam fuper geneftas explicant tauri ...
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Aelian againſt anſwer appear beauty becauſe boaſt caft Callimachus cloſe Comus cou'd cras amet defigns defire eaſe eaſy envy ev'ry eyes fable facred fafe faid fame fate fays feat feem feem'd feen felves fhades fhall fhew fhou'd fide fight filent filk filver fince fing firſt flain flies fome fong foul Frogs ftill fuch fuffer glory Goddeſs Gods grove heart himſelf HOMER ILIAD Ipfa itſelf Jove juſt laft laſt lefs Let thoſe loft Macedon Mice moſt Moufe Mouſe Mufe mufic muſt numquam amavit Nymphs o'er obferved Ovid paffage paffion pafs pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure Poet pow'r praiſe reafon reſt rife rofe ſcene ſeems ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhort ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſweet thee thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe THOMAS PARNELL thou thouſand thro Twas uſe whofe whoſe wou'd ZOILUS
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Page 99 - Unkind and griping, caus'da desert there. As near the miser's heavy doors they drew, Fierce rising gusts with sudden fury blew ; The nimble lightning mix'd with showers began, And o'er their heads loud rolling thunder ran. Here long they knock, but knock or call in vain, Driven by the wind, and batter'd by the rain.
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