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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... thee , " And all thy reason ; but , if it can't be , " Give to thy love but eyes , that it may see . " Amazement ftrikes him dumb ; what fhall he do ? Should he reveal his love , he fears ' twould prove A hindrance ; and , fhould he ...
... thee , " And all thy reason ; but , if it can't be , " Give to thy love but eyes , that it may see . " Amazement ftrikes him dumb ; what fhall he do ? Should he reveal his love , he fears ' twould prove A hindrance ; and , fhould he ...
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... thee and I ? " O tell what evil hath befall'n to thee , " That of thy death I may a partner be ; " Tell Thibe what hath caus'd this tragedy ! " He , hearing Thifbe's name , lifts up his eye ; And on his Love he rais'd his dying head ...
... thee and I ? " O tell what evil hath befall'n to thee , " That of thy death I may a partner be ; " Tell Thibe what hath caus'd this tragedy ! " He , hearing Thifbe's name , lifts up his eye ; And on his Love he rais'd his dying head ...
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... thee render up thy tuneful breath in thy great mifirefs ' arms , thou most divine And richest offering of Loretto's fhrine ! Where , like fome holy facrifice t ' expire , A fever burns thee , and love lights the fire . Angels ( they fay ) ...
... thee render up thy tuneful breath in thy great mifirefs ' arms , thou most divine And richest offering of Loretto's fhrine ! Where , like fome holy facrifice t ' expire , A fever burns thee , and love lights the fire . Angels ( they fay ) ...
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... thee : and next thy name Should Berkeley , Stanning , Digby , prefs to fame . Godolphin ! thee , thee Grenville ! I'd rehearse , But tears break off my verfe ! - How oft has vanquish'd Stamford backward fled ; Swift as the parted fouls ...
... thee : and next thy name Should Berkeley , Stanning , Digby , prefs to fame . Godolphin ! thee , thee Grenville ! I'd rehearse , But tears break off my verfe ! - How oft has vanquish'd Stamford backward fled ; Swift as the parted fouls ...
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... thee ? ELEGY The dewy morning's gentle wine ! Nature waits upon thee ftill , And thy verdant cup does fill ; ' Tis fill'd wherever thou doft tread , Nature's felf's thy Ganymede . Thou doft drink , and dance , and fing ; Happier than ...
... thee ? ELEGY The dewy morning's gentle wine ! Nature waits upon thee ftill , And thy verdant cup does fill ; ' Tis fill'd wherever thou doft tread , Nature's felf's thy Ganymede . Thou doft drink , and dance , and fing ; Happier than ...
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