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Page 154
... smiles extends ; Oft she rejects , but never once offends . Bright as the sun , her eyes the gazers strike , And , like the sun , they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease , and sweetness void of pride , Might hide her faults , if ...
... smiles extends ; Oft she rejects , but never once offends . Bright as the sun , her eyes the gazers strike , And , like the sun , they shine on all alike . Yet graceful ease , and sweetness void of pride , Might hide her faults , if ...
Page 365
... smiles sae kindly Whene'er I whisper love , That I look down on a ' the town , That I look down upon a crown . My Peggy smiles sae kindly , 1 The rest . 2 Makes . It makes me blyth and bauld . And naething gi'es me sic delight , As ...
... smiles sae kindly Whene'er I whisper love , That I look down on a ' the town , That I look down upon a crown . My Peggy smiles sae kindly , 1 The rest . 2 Makes . It makes me blyth and bauld . And naething gi'es me sic delight , As ...
Page 493
... smiles Treads the gay verdure of the painted plain , Beholds the azure canopy of heaven , And living lamps that over - arch his head 495 With more than regal splendour ; bends his ears To the full choir of water , air , and earth ; Nor ...
... smiles Treads the gay verdure of the painted plain , Beholds the azure canopy of heaven , And living lamps that over - arch his head 495 With more than regal splendour ; bends his ears To the full choir of water , air , and earth ; Nor ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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