English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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... light repays . Whether those stars that twinkling lustre send , Are suns , and rolling worlds those suns attend , Man may conjecture , and new schemes declare , Yet all his systems but conjectures are ; But this we know , that Heav'n's ...
... light repays . Whether those stars that twinkling lustre send , Are suns , and rolling worlds those suns attend , Man may conjecture , and new schemes declare , Yet all his systems but conjectures are ; But this we know , that Heav'n's ...
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... light . Cic❜ly , brisk maid , steps forth before the rout , And kiss'd with smacking lip the snoring lout . For custom says , whoe'er this venture proves , For such a kiss demands a pair of gloves . 25 330 35 By her example Dorcas ...
... light . Cic❜ly , brisk maid , steps forth before the rout , And kiss'd with smacking lip the snoring lout . For custom says , whoe'er this venture proves , For such a kiss demands a pair of gloves . 25 330 35 By her example Dorcas ...
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... light forms , and shadowy things , And in the vague excursion caught , Brings home some rare exotic thought . The melancholy man such dreams , 725 Who boast themselves by spurious roll , Lords of the manor of the soul ; Preferring sense ...
... light forms , and shadowy things , And in the vague excursion caught , Brings home some rare exotic thought . The melancholy man such dreams , 725 Who boast themselves by spurious roll , Lords of the manor of the soul ; Preferring sense ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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