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" Tis his with mock passion to glow ! Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold ; How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie ; How they vary their accents... "
Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ... - Page 17
by Samuel Johnson - 1781
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 26

1764 - 796 pages
...as the fuow, And her bofom, be ¿Ure, is as cold : How the nightingales libour the (train, With ihe notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine atvher triumphs, and die." To the grove or the garden lie ftrays, And pillages every iwvL-t ; Ttoi,...
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A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley].

Collection - 1755 - 378 pages
...mock paffion to glow; "Tis His in fmooth tales to unfold, ** How her face is as bright as the fnow, " And her bofom, be fure, is as cold ? "• How the...accents in vain, "• Repine at her triumphs, and die." V. To the grove or the garden he ftrays, And pillages every fweet; Then, fuiting the wreath to his...
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A Collection of Poems ...

Robert Dodsley - 1758 - 384 pages
...mock paffion to glow ; 'Tis His in fmooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the fnow, " And her bofom, be fure, is as cold ? " How the nightingales...accents in vain, " Repine at her triumphs, and die." V. To the grove or the garden he flrays, And pillages every fweet ; Then, fuiting the wreath to his...
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The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: I. Elegies on ...

William Shenstone - 1764 - 386 pages
...mock paflion to glow ; 'Tis his in fmooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the fnow, And her bofom, be fure, is as cold ? How the nightingales...accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die." To the grove or the garden he ftrays, And pillages every fweet ; Then, fuiting the wreath to his lays...
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The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: I. Elegies on ...

William Shenstone - 1764 - 376 pages
...glow ; 'Tis his in fmooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the fnow, And her bpfom, be fure, is as cold ? How the nightingales labour...accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die." To the grove or the garden he ftrays, And pillages every fweet ; Then, fuiting the wreath to his lays...
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The Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1

William Shenstone - 1764 - 404 pages
...'Tis his in fmooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the fnow, And her bofom, be fare, is as cold ? How the nightingales labour the ftrain,...accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die." To the grove or the garden he ftrays, And pillages every fweet ; Then, fuiting the wreath to his lays...
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A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies ...

Collection - 1765 - 418 pages
...mock paffion to glow; 'Tis His in fmooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the fhow, " And her bofom, be fure, is as cold ; " How the nightingales...accents in vain, " Repine at her triumphs, and die." V. To the grove or the garden he ftrays^ And pillages every fweet ; Then, fuiting the wreath to his...
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A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volume 4

1765 - 414 pages
...mock paflion to glow; 'Tis His in fmooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the fnow, " And her bofom, be fure, is as cold ; " How the nightingales...accents in vain, " Repine at her triumphs, and die." V. To the grove or the garden he ftrays, And pillages every fweet ; Then, fuiting the wreath to his...
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Elegies on several occasions. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. Levities; or, Pieces ...

William Shenstone - 1765 - 510 pages
...mock paffion to glow ; 'Tis his in fmooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the fnow, And her bofom, be fure, is as cold ? How the nightingales labour the drain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs,...
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The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 274 pages
...his in fmooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the fnow, " And her bofora, be fare, is as cold; " How the nightingales labour the ftrain,...accents in vain, " Repine at her triumphs, and die," V. To the grove or the garden he ftrays. And pillages every fweet ; Then, failing the wreath to his...
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