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Page 17
... soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense , And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; But such a sacred and home - felt delight , Such sober certainty of waking bliss , I never heard till now . I'll speak to her ...
... soft applause : Yet they in pleasing slumber lull'd the sense , And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; But such a sacred and home - felt delight , Such sober certainty of waking bliss , I never heard till now . I'll speak to her ...
Page 18
SLEEP . O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eye - lids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather , sleep , liest thou in smoky cribs , Upon uneasy pallets ...
SLEEP . O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eye - lids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ! Why rather , sleep , liest thou in smoky cribs , Upon uneasy pallets ...
Page 20
... the voyce attemp❜red sweet ; The angel call soft trembling voyces made To the instruments divine respondence meet : The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmuré of the water's fall ; The 20 YOUNG LADY'S Harmony.
... the voyce attemp❜red sweet ; The angel call soft trembling voyces made To the instruments divine respondence meet : The silver sounding instruments did meet With the base murmuré of the water's fall ; The 20 YOUNG LADY'S Harmony.
Page 21
... soft , now loud , unto the wind did call , The gently warbling wind lowe answering to all , SPENSER . SONG . Go , lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time , and me , That now she knows , When I resemble her to thee , How sweet and ...
... soft , now loud , unto the wind did call , The gently warbling wind lowe answering to all , SPENSER . SONG . Go , lovely rose ! Tell her that wastes her time , and me , That now she knows , When I resemble her to thee , How sweet and ...
Page 25
... soft delights that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through 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 ...
... soft delights that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through 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 ...
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