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... breast , And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence , through the empty vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it ...
... breast , And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence , through the empty vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it ...
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... breast a sparkling cross she wore , Which Jews might kiss , and Infidels adore . Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose , Quick as her eyes , and as unfixt as those ; Favours to none , to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects ...
... breast a sparkling cross she wore , Which Jews might kiss , and Infidels adore . Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose , Quick as her eyes , and as unfixt as those ; Favours to none , to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects ...
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... breast , And calm the pleasures , always hover'd nigh , But whate'er smack'd of noyance , or unrest , Was far , far off expell'd from this delicious nest . The landscape such , inspiring perfect ease , Where Indolence ( for so the ...
... breast , And calm the pleasures , always hover'd nigh , But whate'er smack'd of noyance , or unrest , Was far , far off expell'd from this delicious nest . The landscape such , inspiring perfect ease , Where Indolence ( for so the ...
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... breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measur'd mood had train'd her pace , - A foot more light , a step more true , Ne'er from the heath - flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare - bell rais'd its head , Elastic ...
... breast of snow : What though no rule of courtly grace To measur'd mood had train'd her pace , - A foot more light , a step more true , Ne'er from the heath - flower dash'd the dew ; E'en the slight hare - bell rais'd its head , Elastic ...
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... breast so fair , Mantled a plaid with modest care , And never brooch the folds combin'd Above a heart more good and kind . Her kindness and her worth to spy , You need but gaze on Ellen's eye ; Not Katrine , in her mirror blue , Gives ...
... breast so fair , Mantled a plaid with modest care , And never brooch the folds combin'd Above a heart more good and kind . Her kindness and her worth to spy , You need but gaze on Ellen's eye ; Not Katrine , in her mirror blue , Gives ...
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