Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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... thall bring ; Ah ! why has happiness - no fecond Spring ? $ 167 . Should the lone Wanderer . IBID . SHOULD the lone Wanderer , fainting on his way , Reft for a moment of the fultry hours , [ lay , And tho ' his path thro ' thorns and ...
... thall bring ; Ah ! why has happiness - no fecond Spring ? $ 167 . Should the lone Wanderer . IBID . SHOULD the lone Wanderer , fainting on his way , Reft for a moment of the fultry hours , [ lay , And tho ' his path thro ' thorns and ...
Page 243
... thall glow , And every blifs in wine fhall meet . N ° §197 . WINTER . An Odc . Dr. JOHNSON . more the morn , with tepid rays , Unfolds the flower of various hue ; Noon fpreads no more the genial blaze , Nor gentle eve diftils the dew ...
... thall glow , And every blifs in wine fhall meet . N ° §197 . WINTER . An Odc . Dr. JOHNSON . more the morn , with tepid rays , Unfolds the flower of various hue ; Noon fpreads no more the genial blaze , Nor gentle eve diftils the dew ...
Page 336
... thall he fee No enemy , But winter and rough weather . Who doth ambition fhun , And loves to lie i'the fun , Seeking the food he eats , And pleas'd with what he gets , Come hither , come hither , come hither ; Here fhall he fee No enemy ...
... thall he fee No enemy , But winter and rough weather . Who doth ambition fhun , And loves to lie i'the fun , Seeking the food he eats , And pleas'd with what he gets , Come hither , come hither , come hither ; Here fhall he fee No enemy ...
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