The Works of the British Poets, Volume 4John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 pages |
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... fweet nights , And , kifs'd and dandled on thy father's knee , Were brib'd next day to tell what they did fee ; The ... fweet ftrange that had none at all . I taught my filks their whistling to forbear , Ev'n my oppreft fhoes dumb and ...
... fweet nights , And , kifs'd and dandled on thy father's knee , Were brib'd next day to tell what they did fee ; The ... fweet ftrange that had none at all . I taught my filks their whistling to forbear , Ev'n my oppreft fhoes dumb and ...
Page 142
... fweet prince diftended lay , And him nor life nor death their own could call ; ( For life removing , rid not all away ; And death , though ent'ring , had not feiz'd on all ; ) That fhort - tim'd motion had a little ftay , ( The mover ...
... fweet prince diftended lay , And him nor life nor death their own could call ; ( For life removing , rid not all away ; And death , though ent'ring , had not feiz'd on all ; ) That fhort - tim'd motion had a little ftay , ( The mover ...
Page 220
... fweet languish , with a chaite defire ; If hunger - ftarven thoughts , fo long retain'd , Fed but with smoke , and cherish'd but with fire : And if a brow with care's characters painted , Bewrays my love with broken words half fpo- ken ...
... fweet languish , with a chaite defire ; If hunger - ftarven thoughts , fo long retain'd , Fed but with smoke , and cherish'd but with fire : And if a brow with care's characters painted , Bewrays my love with broken words half fpo- ken ...
Page 224
... fweet love , is like the morning dew , Whose short refresh upon the tender green , Cheers for a time , but till the fun doth fhew ; And ftrait ' tis gone , as it had never been . Soon doth it fade that makes the fairest flourish ; Short ...
... fweet love , is like the morning dew , Whose short refresh upon the tender green , Cheers for a time , but till the fun doth fhew ; And ftrait ' tis gone , as it had never been . Soon doth it fade that makes the fairest flourish ; Short ...
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... fweet , the fain , the dear . Succeeds an obfcene night ; And forrow is the hue of fweet delight . 111 . ร With what then doft thou fwell , O youth of new - born day ! Wherein doth thy pride dwell , O Beauty made of clay ! Not with fo ...
... fweet , the fain , the dear . Succeeds an obfcene night ; And forrow is the hue of fweet delight . 111 . ร With what then doft thou fwell , O youth of new - born day ! Wherein doth thy pride dwell , O Beauty made of clay ! Not with fo ...
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againſt beauty becauſe beft beſt blood breaft caft caufe cauſe courſe death defire doft doth earth elfe eyes fafe faid fair fame fcorn fear feas feek feem feen fenfe fhall fhame fhepherds fhew fhine fhould fide fighs fight filk filver fince fing fire firft firſt flain fleep fome fong foon forrow foul fpirits fpring ftand ftate ftill ftreams ftrong fuch fure fwain fweet glory grace grief hand hath heart heav'n himſelf honour itſelf king laft laſt lefs light live loft Lord lov'd moft moſt mufe muft muſt never night nymphs pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent reft rife ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſpent ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſuch ſweet tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand unto uſe verfe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe worfe