English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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... side - box 2 from its inmost rows ? How vain are all these glories , all our pains , Unless good - sense preserve what beauty gains : That men may say , when we the front - box grace , ' Behold the first in virtue as in face ! ' Oh ! if ...
... side - box 2 from its inmost rows ? How vain are all these glories , all our pains , Unless good - sense preserve what beauty gains : That men may say , when we the front - box grace , ' Behold the first in virtue as in face ! ' Oh ! if ...
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... side to side ; At length the wits mount up , the hairs subside . See fierce Belinda on the baron flies , With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th ' unequal fight to try , Who sought no more than on his foe to ...
... side to side ; At length the wits mount up , the hairs subside . See fierce Belinda on the baron flies , With more than usual lightning in her eyes : Nor fear'd the chief th ' unequal fight to try , Who sought no more than on his foe to ...
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... side disarm . Nor is thy flaxen wig with safety worn ; High on the shoulder , in a basket borne , Lurks the sly boy ; whose hand to rapine bred , Plucks off the curling honours of thy head . Here dives the skulking thief , with practis ...
... side disarm . Nor is thy flaxen wig with safety worn ; High on the shoulder , in a basket borne , Lurks the sly boy ; whose hand to rapine bred , Plucks off the curling honours of thy head . Here dives the skulking thief , with practis ...
Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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beauty behold beneath blest breast breath charms dear death delight divine Dunciad e'er earth ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fancy fate fear flame flow'rs fools frae glory grace grave Grongar Hill groves hand happy head hear heart Heav'n honour Joseph Warton king live Lord Lord Hervey lov'd lyre maid mind Muse Nature Nature's ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er once pain passion peace Pindaric plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetry Pope Pope's pow'r praise pray'r pride Queen rage rise round satire scene Scriblerus Club shade shine sigh sing skies smiles soft song soul spleen spring stream swains sweet Swift sylphs tears Thalestris thee thine Thomas Warton thou thought toil trembling Twas vale verse virtue weep Whig wild wind wings wretched wyllowe youth ΙΟ