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... charms that dazzle and endear ; Too blest indeed , were such without alloy , But foster'd even by Freedom ills annoy : That independence Britons prize too high , Keeps man from man , and breaks the social tie ; The self - dependent ...
... charms that dazzle and endear ; Too blest indeed , were such without alloy , But foster'd even by Freedom ills annoy : That independence Britons prize too high , Keeps man from man , and breaks the social tie ; The self - dependent ...
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... charms are past , for charms are frail , When time advances , and when lovers fail , She then shines forth , sollicitous to bless , In all the glaring impotence of dress . Thus fares the land , by luxury betrayed ; In nature's simplest ...
... charms are past , for charms are frail , When time advances , and when lovers fail , She then shines forth , sollicitous to bless , In all the glaring impotence of dress . Thus fares the land , by luxury betrayed ; In nature's simplest ...
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... charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland , the resounding shore , The pomp of groves , and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds , And all that echoes to the song of even , All that the ...
... charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland , the resounding shore , The pomp of groves , and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds , And all that echoes to the song of even , All that the ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 161816331667 | 1 |
SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT 160616351668 | 12 |
SIR JOHN DENHAM 161516421669 | 20 |
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¹ Published arms Beauty behold beneath bless blest bliss breast breath busk call'd charms cou'd courser croud Dæmons Death delight divine dreadful e'er Earth edition ev'n ev'ry eyes fair faithless fame Fate fear flame flow'rs foes fools frae give glory grace grave groves hand happy hear heart Heav'n Honour Jebusites King live Lord lov'd Lubberkin lyre maid mighty mind Muse Nature Nature's ne'er never Night numbers Nymph o'er once pain Passion Peace Pindar plain pleas'd pleasure Poets pow'r praise pride Published in Poems rage reign rise round sacred scene shade shew shine shou'd sigh sing skies smile soft song soul Spleen stream swain sweet tears Tempest Text of Poems thee thine thou thought thro toil trembling Truth Twas vale verse Virtue Whig wild wind wings wise World wou'd wyllowe youth