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... head erect , her fan upon her lips , Her eye - brows arch'd , her eyes both gone astray To watch yon amorous couple in their play , With bony and unkerchief'd neck defies The rude inclemency of wintry skies , And sails with lappet - head ...
... head erect , her fan upon her lips , Her eye - brows arch'd , her eyes both gone astray To watch yon amorous couple in their play , With bony and unkerchief'd neck defies The rude inclemency of wintry skies , And sails with lappet - head ...
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... head - aches nail them to a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs , whose haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For property stripp'd off by cruel chance ; From gaiety , that fills the bones with pain , The mouth ...
... head - aches nail them to a noonday bed ; And save me too from theirs , whose haggard eyes Flash desperation , and betray their pangs For property stripp'd off by cruel chance ; From gaiety , that fills the bones with pain , The mouth ...
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... head , Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er , Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth , But strong for service still , and unimpair'd . His eye was meek and gentle , and a smile Play'd on his lips ; and in his speech was heard ...
... head , Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er , Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth , But strong for service still , and unimpair'd . His eye was meek and gentle , and a smile Play'd on his lips ; and in his speech was heard ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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