A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes: With Notes, Volume 5J. Dodsley, 1782 - English poetry |
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... foft hints from Nature's tongue , And bid Arcadia bloom around : Whether we fringe the floping hill , Or smoothe below the verdant mead ; Whether we break the falling rill , Or through meandering mazes lead ; Or in the horrid bramble's ...
... foft hints from Nature's tongue , And bid Arcadia bloom around : Whether we fringe the floping hill , Or smoothe below the verdant mead ; Whether we break the falling rill , Or through meandering mazes lead ; Or in the horrid bramble's ...
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... foft , unfocial toils , of indolence and shame ? Search but the garden , or the wood , Let yon admir'd carnation own , Not all was meant for raiment , or for food , Not all for needlefs ufe alone ; There while the feeds of future ...
... foft , unfocial toils , of indolence and shame ? Search but the garden , or the wood , Let yon admir'd carnation own , Not all was meant for raiment , or for food , Not all for needlefs ufe alone ; There while the feeds of future ...
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... foft . bandage o'er my mind . 0 For why should lingering thought invade , Yet every worldly prospect cloy ? Lend me , foft Sloth , thy friendly aid , And give me peace , debarr'd of joy . Lov'st thou yon calm and filent flood , That ...
... foft . bandage o'er my mind . 0 For why should lingering thought invade , Yet every worldly prospect cloy ? Lend me , foft Sloth , thy friendly aid , And give me peace , debarr'd of joy . Lov'st thou yon calm and filent flood , That ...
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... foft ease and peace Yet think not Fancy's curious eye , To these deep folitudes confin'd . VI . Whene'er at morn or eve I rove , of mind ; - Where yonder cliffs with pines are crown'd , What splendid scenes my rapture move ! How charm'd ...
... foft ease and peace Yet think not Fancy's curious eye , To these deep folitudes confin'd . VI . Whene'er at morn or eve I rove , of mind ; - Where yonder cliffs with pines are crown'd , What splendid scenes my rapture move ! How charm'd ...
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... hospitable love . Then fooths me with his plaintive tale As Sol withdraws his friendly ray ; Cheering , as evening fhades prevail , The foft remains of clofing day . O wel- welcome to my homely board ! There unmolested shalt thou [ 98 ]
... hospitable love . Then fooths me with his plaintive tale As Sol withdraws his friendly ray ; Cheering , as evening fhades prevail , The foft remains of clofing day . O wel- welcome to my homely board ! There unmolested shalt thou [ 98 ]
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