The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 24Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819 - English poetry |
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... rove ; If in the grove Enone lov'd to stray , The faithful Muse shall meet thee in the grove . ON POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION . TO A FRIEND . O GRIEF of griefs ! that Envy's frantic ire Should rob the living virtue of its praise : O foolish ...
... rove ; If in the grove Enone lov'd to stray , The faithful Muse shall meet thee in the grove . ON POSTHUMOUS REPUTATION . TO A FRIEND . O GRIEF of griefs ! that Envy's frantic ire Should rob the living virtue of its praise : O foolish ...
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... rove , My soul has yet surviv'd its dearest time ; Ill can I bear the various clime of Love ; Love is a pleasing but a various clime . So smiles immortal Maro's favourite shore , Parthenope , with every verdure crown'd ; When straight ...
... rove , My soul has yet surviv'd its dearest time ; Ill can I bear the various clime of Love ; Love is a pleasing but a various clime . So smiles immortal Maro's favourite shore , Parthenope , with every verdure crown'd ; When straight ...
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... rove ; The Fates ne'er meant them for the shepherd's prize Yet gave them ample recompense in love . They gave you vigour from your parents ' veins ; They gave you toils ; but toils your sinews brace ; They gave you nymphs that own their ...
... rove ; The Fates ne'er meant them for the shepherd's prize Yet gave them ample recompense in love . They gave you vigour from your parents ' veins ; They gave you toils ; but toils your sinews brace ; They gave you nymphs that own their ...
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... rove , And court the genius of my native land . Deluded youth ! that quits these verdant plains , To catch the follies of an alien soil ! To win the vice his genuine soul disdains , Return exultant , and import the spoil ! In vain he ...
... rove , And court the genius of my native land . Deluded youth ! that quits these verdant plains , To catch the follies of an alien soil ! To win the vice his genuine soul disdains , Return exultant , and import the spoil ! In vain he ...
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... rove ; Nor for the worthless bird of brighter plumes Would change the meanest warbler of my grove . No distant clime shall servile airs impart , Or form these limbs with pliant ease to play ; Trembling I view the Gaul's illusive art ...
... rove ; Nor for the worthless bird of brighter plumes Would change the meanest warbler of my grove . No distant clime shall servile airs impart , Or form these limbs with pliant ease to play ; Trembling I view the Gaul's illusive art ...
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Page 181 - Are the groves and the valleys as gay, And the shepherds as gentle as ours ? The groves may perhaps be as fair...
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Page 182 - I show you the charms of my love, She is fairer than you can believe. With her mien she enamours the brave; With her wit she engages the free; With her modesty pleases the grave; She is ev'ry way pleasing to me.