The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series Edited with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... hope my sorrows shall beguile ; and thou My happy rival ! wilt that hope allow ; ' Tis all th ' enjoyment Fate has left me now . So may'st thou , fair Britannia ! ever be Firm to thy sovereign's love , and his to thee ! While widow'd I ...
... hope my sorrows shall beguile ; and thou My happy rival ! wilt that hope allow ; ' Tis all th ' enjoyment Fate has left me now . So may'st thou , fair Britannia ! ever be Firm to thy sovereign's love , and his to thee ! While widow'd I ...
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... hope to please us , You must every humour try ; Sometimes flatter , sometimes teaze us , Often laugh , and sometimes cry . Shepherds , would you hope to please us , You must every humour try . Soft denials Are but trials , You must ...
... hope to please us , You must every humour try ; Sometimes flatter , sometimes teaze us , Often laugh , and sometimes cry . Shepherds , would you hope to please us , You must every humour try . Soft denials Are but trials , You must ...
Page 36
... Hope to hear , Melting as a lover's prayer ; Joys to flatter dull Despair , And softly sooth the amorous fire . CHORUS . Melting airs , soft joys inspire : Airs for drooping Hope to hear , Melting as a lover's prayer ; Joys to flatter ...
... Hope to hear , Melting as a lover's prayer ; Joys to flatter dull Despair , And softly sooth the amorous fire . CHORUS . Melting airs , soft joys inspire : Airs for drooping Hope to hear , Melting as a lover's prayer ; Joys to flatter ...
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... Hope beguiling , Like the Moon and Ocean smiling , Does thy easy faith betray ; Flora ranging , Like the Moon and Ocean changing , More inconstant proves than they . BEAUTY , AN ODE . FAIR rival to the god of day , shades . AIR ...
... Hope beguiling , Like the Moon and Ocean smiling , Does thy easy faith betray ; Flora ranging , Like the Moon and Ocean changing , More inconstant proves than they . BEAUTY , AN ODE . FAIR rival to the god of day , shades . AIR ...
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... hope more solid bliss t ' obtain , Nor once repeat the joys you knew before ; But sigh , a long eternity of pain , Tost in an ocean of desire , yet never find a shore . But see where the mild Sovereign sits prepar'd His better subjects ...
... hope more solid bliss t ' obtain , Nor once repeat the joys you knew before ; But sigh , a long eternity of pain , Tost in an ocean of desire , yet never find a shore . But see where the mild Sovereign sits prepar'd His better subjects ...
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