The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... cause , a boar , who ravag'd far and near : Of Cynthia's wrath , th ' avenging minifter . For Oeneus , with autumnal plenty blefs'd , In gifts to heaven his gratitude exprefs'd : Cull'd fheaves , to Ceres ; to Lyæus , wine ; To Pan ...
... cause , a boar , who ravag'd far and near : Of Cynthia's wrath , th ' avenging minifter . For Oeneus , with autumnal plenty blefs'd , In gifts to heaven his gratitude exprefs'd : Cull'd fheaves , to Ceres ; to Lyæus , wine ; To Pan ...
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... cause , the manner , and by whom they fell , ' Twas grief no more , or grief and rage were one Within her foul ; at laft ' twas rage alone ; Which burning upwards in fucceffion dries The tears that flood confidering in her eyes . There ...
... cause , the manner , and by whom they fell , ' Twas grief no more , or grief and rage were one Within her foul ; at laft ' twas rage alone ; Which burning upwards in fucceffion dries The tears that flood confidering in her eyes . There ...
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... causes all my pain : One gift refus'd makes all their bounty vain . And now the happy day is just at hand , To bind our hearts in Hymen's holy band : Our hearts , but not our bodies : Thus accurs'd , In midst of water I complain of ...
... causes all my pain : One gift refus'd makes all their bounty vain . And now the happy day is just at hand , To bind our hearts in Hymen's holy band : Our hearts , but not our bodies : Thus accurs'd , In midst of water I complain of ...
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... cause ; This said , about her neck the noose she draws ; The nurse , who lay without , her faithful guard , Though not the words , the murmurs overheard , And fighs and hollow founds : furpriz'd with fright , She starts , and leaves her ...
... cause ; This said , about her neck the noose she draws ; The nurse , who lay without , her faithful guard , Though not the words , the murmurs overheard , And fighs and hollow founds : furpriz'd with fright , She starts , and leaves her ...
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... cause he won : My love , fo fhort an absence cease to fear , For , by my father's holy flame , I swear , Before two moons their orb with light adorn , If heaven allow me life , I will return . This promise of fo fhort a stay prevails ...
... cause he won : My love , fo fhort an absence cease to fear , For , by my father's holy flame , I swear , Before two moons their orb with light adorn , If heaven allow me life , I will return . This promise of fo fhort a stay prevails ...
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