English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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... pleas'd us , had he pleas'd us less . One glitt'ring thought no sooner strikes our eyes With silent wonder , but new wonders rise . As in the milky way a shining white 35 O'erflows the heav'ns with one continu'd light ; That not a ...
... pleas'd us , had he pleas'd us less . One glitt'ring thought no sooner strikes our eyes With silent wonder , but new wonders rise . As in the milky way a shining white 35 O'erflows the heav'ns with one continu'd light ; That not a ...
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... pleas'd ; Was now convinc'd he acted wrong To hide her from the world so long , And in dull studies to engage One of her tender sex and age ; That ev'ry nymph with envy own'd , 576 580 How she might shine in the grand monde : And ev'ry ...
... pleas'd ; Was now convinc'd he acted wrong To hide her from the world so long , And in dull studies to engage One of her tender sex and age ; That ev'ry nymph with envy own'd , 576 580 How she might shine in the grand monde : And ev'ry ...
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... Pleas'd with his guests , the good man learn'd to glow , And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; 160 Careless their merits , or their faults to scan , His pity gave ere charity began . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride ...
... Pleas'd with his guests , the good man learn'd to glow , And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; 160 Careless their merits , or their faults to scan , His pity gave ere charity began . Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride ...
Contents
An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq | 3 |
A Better Answer | 9 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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