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Page 106
... taste thy sweets , Though many boast thy favours , and affect To understand and chufe thee for their own . But foolish man foregoes his proper blifs Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though placed in paradise ( for earth has ...
... taste thy sweets , Though many boast thy favours , and affect To understand and chufe thee for their own . But foolish man foregoes his proper blifs Ev'n as his first progenitor , and quits , Though placed in paradise ( for earth has ...
Page 123
... taste . Here also gratefull mixture of well match'd And forted hues , ( each giving each relief , And by contrasted beauty fhining more ) Is needful . Strength may wield the pond'rous spade , May turn the clod , and wheel the compost ...
... taste . Here also gratefull mixture of well match'd And forted hues , ( each giving each relief , And by contrasted beauty fhining more ) Is needful . Strength may wield the pond'rous spade , May turn the clod , and wheel the compost ...
Page 177
... taste , That lifts him into life , and lets him fall Juft in the niche he was ordain'd to fill . ] To the deliv'rer of an injured land He gives a tongue t ' enlarge upon , an heart N Το To feel , and courage to redress her wrongs ; [ 177 ]
... taste , That lifts him into life , and lets him fall Juft in the niche he was ordain'd to fill . ] To the deliv'rer of an injured land He gives a tongue t ' enlarge upon , an heart N Το To feel , and courage to redress her wrongs ; [ 177 ]
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