The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 5J. Moore, 1800 - English poetry |
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... death , or fhame , or lunacy furprize , Who dare to match the luftre of thofe eyes ! Aloud the fairest of the Sex ... deaths made chief judges in the infernal regions . || Venus . In In caufes juft , would all the Gods oppofe , 80 ...
... death , or fhame , or lunacy furprize , Who dare to match the luftre of thofe eyes ! Aloud the fairest of the Sex ... deaths made chief judges in the infernal regions . || Venus . In In caufes juft , would all the Gods oppofe , 80 ...
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... death lefs glorious than her life , A conftant miftrefs , and a faithful wife ; Her dying truth fome generous tears would coft , Had not her fate infpir'd the World well Loft ; With fecret pride the ravish'd Mufes view The image of that ...
... death lefs glorious than her life , A conftant miftrefs , and a faithful wife ; Her dying truth fome generous tears would coft , Had not her fate infpir'd the World well Loft ; With fecret pride the ravish'd Mufes view The image of that ...
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... death ! how flow to take my part ! Whatever I purfue , denies , Death , death itself , like Myra , flies . II . Love and defpair , like twins , poffeft At the fame fatal birth my breast ; No hope could be , her fcorn was all That to my ...
... death ! how flow to take my part ! Whatever I purfue , denies , Death , death itself , like Myra , flies . II . Love and defpair , like twins , poffeft At the fame fatal birth my breast ; No hope could be , her fcorn was all That to my ...
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... Death , and a broken heart's a ready cure . Cynthia , farewel , go reft thy wearied light , I must for ever wake - We'll meet again at night . I THE VISIO N. N lonely walks , diftracted by despair , Shunning mankind , and torn with ...
... Death , and a broken heart's a ready cure . Cynthia , farewel , go reft thy wearied light , I must for ever wake - We'll meet again at night . I THE VISIO N. N lonely walks , diftracted by despair , Shunning mankind , and torn with ...
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... death the tortur'd meet in hell : The vulture dipping in Prometheus ' fide His bloody beak , with his torn liver dy'd , Is Love : The stone that labours up the hill , Mocking the labourer's toil , returning ftill , Is Love . Thofe ...
... death the tortur'd meet in hell : The vulture dipping in Prometheus ' fide His bloody beak , with his torn liver dy'd , Is Love : The stone that labours up the hill , Mocking the labourer's toil , returning ftill , Is Love . Thofe ...
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