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Page 142
... close conceal'd , and see a statue move : Lips busy , and eyes fix'd , foot falling slow , Arms hanging idly down , hands clasp'd below , Interpret to the marking eye distress , Such as its symptoms can alone express . That tongue is ...
... close conceal'd , and see a statue move : Lips busy , and eyes fix'd , foot falling slow , Arms hanging idly down , hands clasp'd below , Interpret to the marking eye distress , Such as its symptoms can alone express . That tongue is ...
Page 280
... Close interwoven , where they meet the vase Must smooth be shorn away ; the sapless branch Must fly before the knife ; the wither'd leaf Must be detach'd , and where it strews the floor Swept with a woman's neatness , breeding else ...
... Close interwoven , where they meet the vase Must smooth be shorn away ; the sapless branch Must fly before the knife ; the wither'd leaf Must be detach'd , and where it strews the floor Swept with a woman's neatness , breeding else ...
Page 356
... close , Else he was seldom bitter or morose . Perhaps his confidence just then betray'd , His grief might prompt him with the speech he made ; Perhaps ' twas mere good - humour gave it birth , The harmless play of pleasantry and mirth ...
... close , Else he was seldom bitter or morose . Perhaps his confidence just then betray'd , His grief might prompt him with the speech he made ; Perhaps ' twas mere good - humour gave it birth , The harmless play of pleasantry and mirth ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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Aspasio beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms death declension delight design'd distant divine docet dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory go snacks grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope Hophni and Phinehas hour JOHN GILPIN land latives learn'd liberty light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapinis rapture rest rude sacred scene scenes as fair scorn seem'd shew shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste Thaida thee theme thine thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas vex'd VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste whate'er wind wisdom wonder worth youth