The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... Dear Phil . ( says he ) , we arrived at Scar- borough the beginning of this week , and I was agreeably surprised to find a letter from you had been lying a few days in the post office . I reproach myself severely for my general ...
... Dear Phil . ( says he ) , we arrived at Scar- borough the beginning of this week , and I was agreeably surprised to find a letter from you had been lying a few days in the post office . I reproach myself severely for my general ...
Page 17
... dear , Their plaints and their dirges prepare , Attendant on Corydon's bier . The reed of each shepherd will mourn , The shades of Parnassus decay ; The Muses will dry their sad urn , Since reft of young Corydon's lay . To him every ...
... dear , Their plaints and their dirges prepare , Attendant on Corydon's bier . The reed of each shepherd will mourn , The shades of Parnassus decay ; The Muses will dry their sad urn , Since reft of young Corydon's lay . To him every ...
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... dear domestic joys ! Long may the parent queen of flowers Her fragrance here display ! Long may she paint my mantling bowers , And make my portals gay ! Nor you , my yellow gardens , fail To swell Pomona's hoard ! So shall the plenteous ...
... dear domestic joys ! Long may the parent queen of flowers Her fragrance here display ! Long may she paint my mantling bowers , And make my portals gay ! Nor you , my yellow gardens , fail To swell Pomona's hoard ! So shall the plenteous ...
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... dear mamma , there's some mis- chief abreeding : There's a fair one at Lincoln , so finish'd a beauty , That your loves and your graces all swerve from their duty . ' [ put on ; • On my life ( says dame Venus ) , I'll not be thus Now I ...
... dear mamma , there's some mis- chief abreeding : There's a fair one at Lincoln , so finish'd a beauty , That your loves and your graces all swerve from their duty . ' [ put on ; • On my life ( says dame Venus ) , I'll not be thus Now I ...
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... roam . In your affections ( let resentment fly ! ) Restore me to my long - accustom'd place ; Receive me with a kind forgiving eye , And press me in the parent's fond embrace . G VERSES WRITTEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH . DEAR 65.
... roam . In your affections ( let resentment fly ! ) Restore me to my long - accustom'd place ; Receive me with a kind forgiving eye , And press me in the parent's fond embrace . G VERSES WRITTEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS BEFORE HIS DEATH . DEAR 65.
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ACROSTIC ANACREON bard beauty behold birds bless'd bliss bloom bosom breast brow charms Corydon cried Cunningham Cupid Damon David Garrick dear delight Derry dress'd Dublin e'en Edinburgh eyes fair fame fancy fate favour favourite flies floweret fond Fortune genius gentle give glowing goddess Goldsmith grace green grove happy heart honour hopes Jove kind labour lord maid mighty mind mirth MISS CATL morning Muse ne'er never Newcastle night numbers o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH Ossian PALEMON pass'd passion pasty Phillis Philomel plain pleasure poem poet praise pride rage raptures reign rich rise rose rosy round sacred scene shade shepherd sighs sing skies smiles soft song sorrow soul spread STOOPS TO CONQUER SUNDERLAND swain sweet SWEET Auburn tell THEATRE thee There's thou toil Tuning sweet Twas venison vex'd village virgins wandering wanton Whilst Whitefoord wretch young youth