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Page 236
... eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries , With purple grapes , green figs , and mulberries . The honey - bags steal from the humble bees , And for night - tapers crop their waxen thighs , And light them at the fiery glow - worm's eyes ...
... eyes ; Feed him with apricocks and dewberries , With purple grapes , green figs , and mulberries . The honey - bags steal from the humble bees , And for night - tapers crop their waxen thighs , And light them at the fiery glow - worm's eyes ...
Page 285
... eyes are hollow , - Nay , you are wrinkled too- To which she instantly subjoins , ftruck with the idea that she herself was the unhappy cause of this alteration ; Alas the day ! My wretchedness has cost you many a tear , And many a ...
... eyes are hollow , - Nay , you are wrinkled too- To which she instantly subjoins , ftruck with the idea that she herself was the unhappy cause of this alteration ; Alas the day ! My wretchedness has cost you many a tear , And many a ...
Page 327
... eyes were fixt , but You . Here the gives her fondness leave to expa- tiate into many amorous ideas ; + Still on that breaft enamour'd let me lie , Still drink delicious poison from thy eye , Pant on thy lip , and to thy heart be preft ...
... eyes were fixt , but You . Here the gives her fondness leave to expa- tiate into many amorous ideas ; + Still on that breaft enamour'd let me lie , Still drink delicious poison from thy eye , Pant on thy lip , and to thy heart be preft ...
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