The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 2J. Moore, 1793 - English poetry |
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Page 4
... leave to ease " My cafe with words : my grief you should have known " Ere this , if that my heart had been my own . " I am all love ; my heart was burnt with fire " From two bright funs , which do all light dif- clofe ; " First kindling ...
... leave to ease " My cafe with words : my grief you should have known " Ere this , if that my heart had been my own . " I am all love ; my heart was burnt with fire " From two bright funs , which do all light dif- clofe ; " First kindling ...
Page 5
... leave me quite . " " Oh ! I am rapt above the reach , " faid he , " Of thought ; my foul already feels the blifs " Of heaven : when , Sweet , my thoughts once tax but thee " With any crime , may I lose all happiness " Is wifh'd for ...
... leave me quite . " " Oh ! I am rapt above the reach , " faid he , " Of thought ; my foul already feels the blifs " Of heaven : when , Sweet , my thoughts once tax but thee " With any crime , may I lose all happiness " Is wifh'd for ...
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... leave " T ' enjoy our loves ; oh , let us not refign " This long'd - for favour , nor ourselves bercave " Of what we wifh'd for , Opportunity , " That may too foon the wings of love out- fly ! " For when your father , as his cuftom is ...
... leave " T ' enjoy our loves ; oh , let us not refign " This long'd - for favour , nor ourselves bercave " Of what we wifh'd for , Opportunity , " That may too foon the wings of love out- fly ! " For when your father , as his cuftom is ...
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... Leave off then , London , to accuse the starres For adding a worse terrour to the warres ; Nor quarrel with the ... leaves and painted flowers , which did ere- while Tremble with mournfull drops , beginne to fmile . The loffe of many why ...
... Leave off then , London , to accuse the starres For adding a worse terrour to the warres ; Nor quarrel with the ... leaves and painted flowers , which did ere- while Tremble with mournfull drops , beginne to fmile . The loffe of many why ...
Page 27
... leave bright tracks for following pens to take . Sure ' twas this noble boldness of the Mufe Did thy defire to feek new worlds infufe ; And ne'er did Heaven fo much a voyage blefs , If thou canft plant but there with like fuccefs . Alas ...
... leave bright tracks for following pens to take . Sure ' twas this noble boldness of the Mufe Did thy defire to feek new worlds infufe ; And ne'er did Heaven fo much a voyage blefs , If thou canft plant but there with like fuccefs . Alas ...
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