Poems, Volume 2S.A. Oddy, 1814 - English poetry |
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Page 104
... smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , By soft recumbency of outstretched limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard Superior Accommodation of the Sofa ...
... smiling , in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , By soft recumbency of outstretched limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard Superior Accommodation of the Sofa ...
Page 121
... smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oftenest sacrifice are favoured least . The love of Nature and ...
... smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , ease , when courted most , Farthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oftenest sacrifice are favoured least . The love of Nature and ...
Page 123
... 'ershade , distort , And mar the face of beauty , when no cause For such immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair VOL . 2 . E Effects of Satiety . Sweet smiles , and bloom less THE SOFA . 25.
... 'ershade , distort , And mar the face of beauty , when no cause For such immeasurable woe appears , These Flora banishes , and gives the fair VOL . 2 . E Effects of Satiety . Sweet smiles , and bloom less THE SOFA . 25.
Page 124
William Cowper. Effects of Satiety . Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls and satiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's ...
William Cowper. Effects of Satiety . Sweet smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls and satiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's ...
Page 126
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the sheltered vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we ...
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the sheltered vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce awhile , Not senseless of its charms , what still we ...
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