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... hand , and let me hear thy voice ; Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with ... hands and beats her breast , And tears her useless girdle from her waist : Hear the sad murmurs of her sighing doves ...
... hand , and let me hear thy voice ; Nay , quickly speak to me , and let me hear Thy voice - my own affrights me with ... hands and beats her breast , And tears her useless girdle from her waist : Hear the sad murmurs of her sighing doves ...
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... hand . But all his assiduity and tenderness were without effect , for he could neither soften her heart nor open her hand , and was reduced to the utmost miseries of want while he was endeavour- ing to awaken the affection of a mother ...
... hand . But all his assiduity and tenderness were without effect , for he could neither soften her heart nor open her hand , and was reduced to the utmost miseries of want while he was endeavour- ing to awaken the affection of a mother ...
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... hand , and met with the most gracious reception . THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT - No . I A Poem on the Queen's Birth - Day , 1731-2 Yours , T. B. Humbly addressed to her MAJESTY , by Richard Savage , Esq . Twice twenty tedious moons have roll'd ...
... hand , and met with the most gracious reception . THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT - No . I A Poem on the Queen's Birth - Day , 1731-2 Yours , T. B. Humbly addressed to her MAJESTY , by Richard Savage , Esq . Twice twenty tedious moons have roll'd ...
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WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
JOHN GAY 16881732 | 35 |
THOMAS YALDEN 16711736 | 53 |
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