The virgin muse. Being a collection of poems from our most celebrated English poets. [Ed.] by J. Greenwood1722 |
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... e'er on Fruits or Flowers Heav'ns Pencil drew . From Merab's Eyes , fierce and quick Light'nings came , From Michal's , the Sun's mild , yet active Flame ; Merab's long Hair was gloffy Chefnut Brown , Treffes of paleft Gold did Michal ...
... e'er on Fruits or Flowers Heav'ns Pencil drew . From Merab's Eyes , fierce and quick Light'nings came , From Michal's , the Sun's mild , yet active Flame ; Merab's long Hair was gloffy Chefnut Brown , Treffes of paleft Gold did Michal ...
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... e'er was called Love , In a Lybian Defart may , I become fome Lyon's prey ; Let him , Acme , let him tear My Breaft , when Acme is not there , ( 3. ) The God of Love who ftood to hear hint , ( The God of Love was always near him ) Pleas ...
... e'er was called Love , In a Lybian Defart may , I become fome Lyon's prey ; Let him , Acme , let him tear My Breaft , when Acme is not there , ( 3. ) The God of Love who ftood to hear hint , ( The God of Love was always near him ) Pleas ...
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... e'er , tis well , that while Mankind Thro ' Fates perverfe Mæander errs , He can imagin'd Pleafures find , To combat against real Cares . 2 . Fancies and Notions he purfues , Which ne'er ( 58 ) A Song Sir George Eheridge, p To Charles ...
... e'er , tis well , that while Mankind Thro ' Fates perverfe Mæander errs , He can imagin'd Pleafures find , To combat against real Cares . 2 . Fancies and Notions he purfues , Which ne'er ( 58 ) A Song Sir George Eheridge, p To Charles ...
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... e'er they fat , officious Baucis lays } Two Cushions ftuff'd with Straw , the Seat to raife ; Course , but the best fhe had ; then rakes the load Of Ashes from the Hearth , and fpreads abroad The Living Coals ; and , left they thould ...
... e'er they fat , officious Baucis lays } Two Cushions ftuff'd with Straw , the Seat to raife ; Course , but the best fhe had ; then rakes the load Of Ashes from the Hearth , and fpreads abroad The Living Coals ; and , left they thould ...
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... e'er the Bark above their Shoulders grew , They give and take at once their last Adieu : At once , farewel , O faithful Spouse , they faid ; At once th ' incroaching rinds their clofing Lips in- Ev'n yet , an ancient Tyandan fhows A ...
... e'er the Bark above their Shoulders grew , They give and take at once their last Adieu : At once , farewel , O faithful Spouse , they faid ; At once th ' incroaching rinds their clofing Lips in- Ev'n yet , an ancient Tyandan fhows A ...
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Achelous againſt alfo alſo Arms Baucis Baucis and Philemon beft Bleffings Breaft bright call'd Caufe Charms cou'd Cowley Curfe dark Defire doft e're Eafe Earth Ev'n Eyes fafe faid fair falute fame Fate fcarce fear feen felf fhall fhew fhine fhould filent firft firſt flain Flame fmall foft fome fpread ftand ftill ftood ftrong fuch fung fure fweet Gods greateſt Ground Guife happy Heart Heav'n himſelf Honour Hudibras infpire juft King laft lefs Lelex Light Love Lyre mighty moft Mufe muft muſt Night Numbers Nymph Orinda Ovid Paffion Pain Perfon Philemon Phrygia Pindar Pindus Pleafure pleas'd pleaſe Porringers Pow'r Praife praiſe prefent raiſe Reafon reft rife Robin-Hood rofe Seether Senfe ſhe Sight Sir Charles Sedley Song Soul thee thefe Things thofe thoſe thou thro Timotheus Verfe vex'd Virtue Whilft whofe Winds Wings wou'd
Popular passages
Page 158 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 112 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 125 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Page 158 - Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 22 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Page 136 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined?
Page 136 - To live a life half dead, a living death, And buried; but, O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave...
Page 116 - Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Page 143 - Excelling brass, but more excell'd by gold. Then Summer, Autumn, Winter did appear, And Spring was but a season of the year. The sun his annual course obliquely made, Good days contracted, and enlarged the bad.
Page 10 - tis not a Jest Admir'd with Laughter at a feast, Nor florid Talk which can that Title gain; The Proofs of Wit for ever must remain.