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140 The fair each moment rises in her charms , Repairs her smiles , awakens ev'ry grace , And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise , And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes .
140 The fair each moment rises in her charms , Repairs her smiles , awakens ev'ry grace , And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise , And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes .
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25 My Peggy 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 , My Peggy sings sae saftly When on my pipe I play ; By a ' the rest , it is confest ...
25 My Peggy 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 , My Peggy sings sae saftly When on my pipe I play ; By a ' the rest , it is confest ...
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Not content With every food of life to nourish man , By kind illusions of the wondering sense Thou mak'st all Nature beauty to his eye , Or music to his ear : well pleas'd he scans The goodly prospect , and with inward smiles Treads the ...
Not content With every food of life to nourish man , By kind illusions of the wondering sense Thou mak'st all Nature beauty to his eye , Or music to his ear : well pleas'd he scans The goodly prospect , and with inward smiles Treads the ...
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Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR I | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
Copyright | |
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appear arms bear beauty beneath breast breath charms dear death deep delight earth ev'ry eyes face fair fall fame fate fear feel fields fire give grace grave green hand happy head hear heart Heav'n hills hope hour John kind king land laws leave light live look Lord mind morn Muse Nature never night o'er once pain passion peace plain play pleasure poem poet poor Pope pow'r praise pride reason rest rise round scene seen sense shade shine side sing sleep smiles soft song soon soul sound spring stand stream sweet tears tell thee things thou thought Till true truth turn verse virtue voice waves wild winds youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century |
| Editor | Cecil Albert Moore |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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