English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore H. Holt and Company, 1935 - 942 pages |
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... sweet Molly Mog . 5 ΙΟ The schoolboy's desire is a play - day , The schoolmaster's joy is to flog ; The milkmaid's delight is on May Day , 15 But mine is on sweet Molly Mog . Will - a - wisp leads the trav'ler a gadding Through ditch ...
... sweet Molly Mog . 5 ΙΟ The schoolboy's desire is a play - day , The schoolmaster's joy is to flog ; The milkmaid's delight is on May Day , 15 But mine is on sweet Molly Mog . Will - a - wisp leads the trav'ler a gadding Through ditch ...
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... Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowan . Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet , as sweet flows Tweed , As green its grass , its gowan yellow , As sweet smells on its braes the birk , 55 The apple frae its rock as mellow . Fair was thy luve , fair ...
... Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowan . Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet , as sweet flows Tweed , As green its grass , its gowan yellow , As sweet smells on its braes the birk , 55 The apple frae its rock as mellow . Fair was thy luve , fair ...
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... sweet upon its thorny tree ; And my fause lover staw my rose , But , ah ! he left the thorn wi ' me . AFTON WATER [ 1792 ] Flow gently , sweet Afton , among thy green braes , Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's ...
... sweet upon its thorny tree ; And my fause lover staw my rose , But , ah ! he left the thorn wi ' me . AFTON WATER [ 1792 ] Flow gently , sweet Afton , among thy green braes , Flow gently , I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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