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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Page 135
... Thro ' all the dangers of the boift'rous deep . When the wind whiftles thro ' the crackling mafts , When thro ' the yawning fhip the foaming fea Rowls bubbling in ; then , then I'll clafp thee fast , [ us , And in tranfporting love ...
... Thro ' all the dangers of the boift'rous deep . When the wind whiftles thro ' the crackling mafts , When thro ' the yawning fhip the foaming fea Rowls bubbling in ; then , then I'll clafp thee fast , [ us , And in tranfporting love ...
Page 147
... thro ' the difmal waste of gloomy death , ' Thee thro ' the glimm'ring dawn , and purer day , Thro ' all the Elyfian plains- O righteous Minos ! Elyfian plains ! There he and his Ifmena Shall fport for ever , fhall for ever drink ...
... thro ' the difmal waste of gloomy death , ' Thee thro ' the glimm'ring dawn , and purer day , Thro ' all the Elyfian plains- O righteous Minos ! Elyfian plains ! There he and his Ifmena Shall fport for ever , fhall for ever drink ...
Page 175
... thro ' her brightness blind , Or thro ' allegiance and faft fealty , Which I do owe unto all womankind , Feel my heart pierc'd with fo great agony , When fuch I fee , that all for pity I could die . Eftfoons there stepped forth A goodly ...
... thro ' her brightness blind , Or thro ' allegiance and faft fealty , Which I do owe unto all womankind , Feel my heart pierc'd with fo great agony , When fuch I fee , that all for pity I could die . Eftfoons there stepped forth A goodly ...
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