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Page 124
... sweet by sweet , She should imbue the tongue with what she sips , And shed the balmy blessing on the lips , That good diffused may more abundant grow , And speech may praise the power that bids it flow , Will the sweet warbler of the ...
... sweet by sweet , She should imbue the tongue with what she sips , And shed the balmy blessing on the lips , That good diffused may more abundant grow , And speech may praise the power that bids it flow , Will the sweet warbler of the ...
Page 153
... sweet , how passing sweet , is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat , Whom I may whisper - solitude is sweet . Yet neither these delights , nor aught beside , That appetite can ask , or wealth provide , Can save us ...
... sweet , how passing sweet , is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat , Whom I may whisper - solitude is sweet . Yet neither these delights , nor aught beside , That appetite can ask , or wealth provide , Can save us ...
Page 226
... Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead ; Nor his , who quits the box at midnight hour , To ...
... Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who snores the sick man dead ; Nor his , who quits the box at midnight hour , To ...
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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