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... flow'rs , Is but a garnish'd nuisance , fitter far For cleanly riddance than for fair attire . So life glides ... flow'rs of verse , I play'd awhile , obedient to the fair , With that light task ; but soon , to please her more , Whom ...
... flow'rs , Is but a garnish'd nuisance , fitter far For cleanly riddance than for fair attire . So life glides ... flow'rs of verse , I play'd awhile , obedient to the fair , With that light task ; but soon , to please her more , Whom ...
Page 317
... rs , And laid her soft in Amaranthine flow'rs ; Delighted with her babe , th ' Inchantress smil'd , And grac'd with all her gifts the fav'rite child . 10 Her , woo'd Sir Airy , by meandring streams , In daily musings and in nightly ...
... rs , And laid her soft in Amaranthine flow'rs ; Delighted with her babe , th ' Inchantress smil'd , And grac'd with all her gifts the fav'rite child . 10 Her , woo'd Sir Airy , by meandring streams , In daily musings and in nightly ...
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... flow'rs here fade and die ? ” Then with pretence of admiration high- " Thee other shores expect , and other tides , Rivers , on whose grassy sides 10 Her deathless laurel leaf , with which to bind Thy flowing locks , already Fame ...
... flow'rs here fade and die ? ” Then with pretence of admiration high- " Thee other shores expect , and other tides , Rivers , on whose grassy sides 10 Her deathless laurel leaf , with which to bind Thy flowing locks , already Fame ...
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