The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 5J. Moore, 1800 - English poetry |
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... hear , Methinks I read your wishes for the fair ; Nor can I wonder , even I contend With inward pain , unwilling to offend ; Unhappy ! thus oblig'd to a defence , That may difplease such heavenly excellence , Might we the laws on any ...
... hear , Methinks I read your wishes for the fair ; Nor can I wonder , even I contend With inward pain , unwilling to offend ; Unhappy ! thus oblig'd to a defence , That may difplease such heavenly excellence , Might we the laws on any ...
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... hear . When Myra fings , we feek th ' enchanting found , And blefs the notes that do fo fweetly wound . What mufic needs muft dwell upon that tongue , Whofe fpeech is tuneful as another's fong ! Such harmony ! fuch wit ! a face fo fair ...
... hear . When Myra fings , we feek th ' enchanting found , And blefs the notes that do fo fweetly wound . What mufic needs muft dwell upon that tongue , Whofe fpeech is tuneful as another's fong ! Such harmony ! fuch wit ! a face fo fair ...
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... hear . Behold from Italy an awful ray Of heavenly light illuminates the day , Northward the bends , majeftically bright , And here the fixes her imperial light . Be bold , be bold , my Mufe , nor fear to raise Thy voice to her who was ...
... hear . Behold from Italy an awful ray Of heavenly light illuminates the day , Northward the bends , majeftically bright , And here the fixes her imperial light . Be bold , be bold , my Mufe , nor fear to raise Thy voice to her who was ...
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... hear the triumphs of her face . Not Helen with St. Alban's might compare : Nor let the Mufe omit Scroop , Holms , and Hare : Hyde , Venus is ; the Graces are Kildare . Soft and delicious as a fouthern sky , Are Dashwood's fmiles ; when ...
... hear the triumphs of her face . Not Helen with St. Alban's might compare : Nor let the Mufe omit Scroop , Holms , and Hare : Hyde , Venus is ; the Graces are Kildare . Soft and delicious as a fouthern sky , Are Dashwood's fmiles ; when ...
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... hear , or what we fee , So ravishing's the harmony , The melting foul in rapture loft , Knows not which charm enchants it most . Sounds that made hills and rocks rejoice , Amphion's lute , the fyren's voice , Wonders with pain receiv'd ...
... hear , or what we fee , So ravishing's the harmony , The melting foul in rapture loft , Knows not which charm enchants it most . Sounds that made hills and rocks rejoice , Amphion's lute , the fyren's voice , Wonders with pain receiv'd ...
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