The Lady's Poetical Magazine: Or, Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 1Harrison and Company, 1781 |
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... maid ; Yet willingly to man the palm they yield , From throne and fceptre , to the sword and shield : But in thofe arts which humanize the mind , They boaft an equal pow'r with all mankind . When fome lov'd fair - one tunes the vocal ...
... maid ; Yet willingly to man the palm they yield , From throne and fceptre , to the sword and shield : But in thofe arts which humanize the mind , They boaft an equal pow'r with all mankind . When fome lov'd fair - one tunes the vocal ...
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... maid , and wife , That honour is a woman's life ; Unhappy fex ! who only claim A being in the breath of fame , Which tainted , not the quick'ning gales That sweep Sabéa's spicy vales , Nor all the healing fweets restore , That breathe ...
... maid , and wife , That honour is a woman's life ; Unhappy fex ! who only claim A being in the breath of fame , Which tainted , not the quick'ning gales That sweep Sabéa's spicy vales , Nor all the healing fweets restore , That breathe ...
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... maid in ftature grew , • ( A flow'r just opening to the view ) Oft thro ' her native lawns fhe ftray'd , And wrestling with the lambkins play'd . Her looks diffufive fweets bequeath'd , The breeze grew purer as the breath'd ; The morn ...
... maid in ftature grew , • ( A flow'r just opening to the view ) Oft thro ' her native lawns fhe ftray'd , And wrestling with the lambkins play'd . Her looks diffufive fweets bequeath'd , The breeze grew purer as the breath'd ; The morn ...
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... more . But lift to what thy fates declare ; Tho ' thou art woman , frail as fair , If once thy fliding foot should stray , • Once quit yon Heav'n - appointed way , i B • For · < For thee , loft maid ! for thee BEAUTIES OF POETRY .
... more . But lift to what thy fates declare ; Tho ' thou art woman , frail as fair , If once thy fliding foot should stray , • Once quit yon Heav'n - appointed way , i B • For · < For thee , loft maid ! for thee BEAUTIES OF POETRY .
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... maid , Oblations , as to Heav'n , are paid . " Twas on an ever - blythsome day , The jovial birth of rofy May , When genial warmth , no more fupprefs'd , Now melts the froft in ev'ry breast , The cheek with fecret flushing dyes , And ...
... maid , Oblations , as to Heav'n , are paid . " Twas on an ever - blythsome day , The jovial birth of rofy May , When genial warmth , no more fupprefs'd , Now melts the froft in ev'ry breast , The cheek with fecret flushing dyes , And ...
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