A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 5Robert Dodsley |
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... Mufe , : For well she knows , your froward sense accuse Forth to the folemn oak you bring the square , And span the maffy trunk , before you cry , ' tis fair . VII . Nor yet ye learn'd , not yet ye courtly train , If haply from your ...
... Mufe , : For well she knows , your froward sense accuse Forth to the folemn oak you bring the square , And span the maffy trunk , before you cry , ' tis fair . VII . Nor yet ye learn'd , not yet ye courtly train , If haply from your ...
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... Mufe endures not to disclose ; Alas ! her unrevers'd decree , More comprehenfive and more free , Her lavish charter , Tafte , appropriates all we fee . X. Let gondolas their painted flags unfold , And be the folemn day enroll'd , When ...
... Mufe endures not to disclose ; Alas ! her unrevers'd decree , More comprehenfive and more free , Her lavish charter , Tafte , appropriates all we fee . X. Let gondolas their painted flags unfold , And be the folemn day enroll'd , When ...
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... Mufe derides the vow ; Ev'n Adria fcorns the mock embrace , To fome lone hermit on the mountain's brow , Allotted , from his natal hour , With all her myrtle shores in dow'r . His breast to admiration prone Enjoys the fmile upon her ...
... Mufe derides the vow ; Ev'n Adria fcorns the mock embrace , To fome lone hermit on the mountain's brow , Allotted , from his natal hour , With all her myrtle shores in dow'r . His breast to admiration prone Enjoys the fmile upon her ...
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... Mufe prophetick fmil'd . Not that the poet's boafted fire Should Fame's wide - echoing trumpet fwell ; Or , on the mufick of his lyre Each future age with rapture dwell ; The vaunted sweet of praise remove , Yet fhall fuch bofoms claim ...
... Mufe prophetick fmil'd . Not that the poet's boafted fire Should Fame's wide - echoing trumpet fwell ; Or , on the mufick of his lyre Each future age with rapture dwell ; The vaunted sweet of praise remove , Yet fhall fuch bofoms claim ...
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... Mufe or Grace , With tempting fmile , frequent the place : I figh for thee alone . Age not forbids thy ftay ; Thou yet might'st act the friendly part ; Thou yet might'ft raife this languid heart ; Why speed fo fwift away ? Thou fcorn'ft ...
... Mufe or Grace , With tempting fmile , frequent the place : I figh for thee alone . Age not forbids thy ftay ; Thou yet might'st act the friendly part ; Thou yet might'ft raife this languid heart ; Why speed fo fwift away ? Thou fcorn'ft ...
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