English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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... youth they conquer , with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age : For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or happiness at home . But wisdom's triumph is well - tim'd retreat , As hard a ...
... youth they conquer , with so wild a rage , As leaves them scarce a subject in their age : For foreign glory , foreign joy , they roam ; No thought of peace or happiness at home . But wisdom's triumph is well - tim'd retreat , As hard a ...
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... Youth's the season made for joys , Love is then our duty ; She alone who that employs , Well deserves her beauty . Let's be gay While we may , Beauty's a flower despised in decay . Chorus . Youth's the season , & c . Let us drink and ...
... Youth's the season made for joys , Love is then our duty ; She alone who that employs , Well deserves her beauty . Let's be gay While we may , Beauty's a flower despised in decay . Chorus . Youth's the season , & c . Let us drink and ...
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... youth with flocks upon the plain , At morn she came those willing flocks to lead , Where lilies rear them in the wat'ry mead ; From early dawn the livelong hours she told , Till late at silent eve she penn'd the fold . Deep in the grove ...
... youth with flocks upon the plain , At morn she came those willing flocks to lead , Where lilies rear them in the wat'ry mead ; From early dawn the livelong hours she told , Till late at silent eve she penn'd the fold . Deep in the grove ...
Contents
An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq | 3 |
A Better Answer | 9 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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