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“ But O my Muse , just distance keep ; The man of sense his meat devours ; 385 Thou art a maid , and must not peep ; But only smells the peel and flow'rs ; In nine months ' time , the bodice loose , 335 And he must be an idle dreamer ...
“ But O my Muse , just distance keep ; The man of sense his meat devours ; 385 Thou art a maid , and must not peep ; But only smells the peel and flow'rs ; In nine months ' time , the bodice loose , 335 And he must be an idle dreamer ...
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565 Be silent always , when you doubt your sense ; And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence : Some positive , persisting fops we know , Who , if once wrong , will needs be always so ; But you , with pleasure own your errors ...
565 Be silent always , when you doubt your sense ; And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence : Some positive , persisting fops we know , Who , if once wrong , will needs be always so ; But you , with pleasure own your errors ...
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Though old , he still retain'd His manly sense , and energy of mind . Virtuous and wise he was , but not severe ; He still remember'd that he once was young ; His easy presence check'd no decent joy , Him even the dissolute admir'd ...
Though old , he still retain'd His manly sense , and energy of mind . Virtuous and wise he was , but not severe ; He still remember'd that he once was young ; His easy presence check'd no decent joy , Him even the dissolute admir'd ...
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Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR I | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century |
| Editor | Cecil Albert Moore |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Feb 2007 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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