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... Nymph ! of Fortune's smiles beware Wolcott . O'er moorlands and mountains , rude , barren and bare , Oft on the troubled ocean's face Oh ! Henry , sure by every art Oh ! turn away those cruel eyes , Oh ! what is the gain of restless ...
... Nymph ! of Fortune's smiles beware Wolcott . O'er moorlands and mountains , rude , barren and bare , Oft on the troubled ocean's face Oh ! Henry , sure by every art Oh ! turn away those cruel eyes , Oh ! what is the gain of restless ...
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... nymph , you guess While in the bower with beauty blest While silently I loved , nor dared While , Strephon , thus ... nymphs that adorn the gay plain , 68 197 Hamilton . 117 Etheridge . 142 221 60 Hamilton . 140 • Ye shepherds , give ear ...
... nymph , you guess While in the bower with beauty blest While silently I loved , nor dared While , Strephon , thus ... nymphs that adorn the gay plain , 68 197 Hamilton . 117 Etheridge . 142 221 60 Hamilton . 140 • Ye shepherds , give ear ...
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... nymph was his theme , A willow supported his head ; The wind that blew over the plain To his sighs with a sigh did reply , And the brook in return to his pain Ran mournfully murmuring by . " Alas ! silly swain that I was ! " Thus sadly ...
... nymph was his theme , A willow supported his head ; The wind that blew over the plain To his sighs with a sigh did reply , And the brook in return to his pain Ran mournfully murmuring by . " Alas ! silly swain that I was ! " Thus sadly ...
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... and die . " If while my hard fate I sustain , In her breast any pity is found , Let her come with the nymphs of the plain , And see me laid low in the ground : The The last humble boon that I crave Is to shade 12 BALLADS AND.
... and die . " If while my hard fate I sustain , In her breast any pity is found , Let her come with the nymphs of the plain , And see me laid low in the ground : The The last humble boon that I crave Is to shade 12 BALLADS AND.
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... nymphs of our green , So trim and so sheen , Or the brightest queen of May . " What tho ' my fortune frown , And deny thee a silken gown ; My own dear maid , Be content with this shade And a shepherd all thy own . " ROWE . To the brook ...
... nymphs of our green , So trim and so sheen , Or the brightest queen of May . " What tho ' my fortune frown , And deny thee a silken gown ; My own dear maid , Be content with this shade And a shepherd all thy own . " ROWE . To the brook ...
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Anacreon ANNA SEWARD arms beat surrender beauty beauty's bless blest bliss bloom blush bosom bowers breast breath CELIA charms cheek CHLOE cold cruel Cupid Damon dare dart dear delight despair discases disdain drest eyes face fair faithless fancy fate fear feel flame flowers fond fondly frown gave my heart gazed gentle give grace grief groves hast hear heart heaven hope JOANNA BAILLIE kind lips live look love's lover lyre maid melting valued mind ne'er night numbers nymph o'er pain passion PHYLLIS pieces termed pity plain pleasing pleasure pride R. B. SHERIDAN rapture Sappho scorn shade shepherd sigh smiles SOAME JENYNS soft song sorrows soul speak stormy tempests blow strain STREPHON swain sweet tears tell tender thee thine thou art thought thro tongue trembling Twas vows Whene'er wound wretch Xanthe youth