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A Poem. In Six Cantos William Hayley. E NEW YORK , OBER LIBRARY 160790 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN CONCATIONS . 1899 . PREFACE . IT feems to be a kind of duty.
A Poem. In Six Cantos William Hayley. E NEW YORK , OBER LIBRARY 160790 ASTOR , LENOX AND TILDEN CONCATIONS . 1899 . PREFACE . IT feems to be a kind of duty.
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... kind of duty incumbent on thofe who devote themselves to poetry , to raife , if poffible , the dignity of a declining art , by making it as beneficial to life and manners , as the limits of compofition , and the character of modern ...
... kind of duty incumbent on thofe who devote themselves to poetry , to raife , if poffible , the dignity of a declining art , by making it as beneficial to life and manners , as the limits of compofition , and the character of modern ...
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... kind of compofition , that he not only fpoke of it with infinite exultation in one of his private letters , but even gave a MS . copy of his work to his native city of Modena , with an infcription , in which he filed it a new fpecies of ...
... kind of compofition , that he not only fpoke of it with infinite exultation in one of his private letters , but even gave a MS . copy of his work to his native city of Modena , with an infcription , in which he filed it a new fpecies of ...
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... kind , Be thy benignant cares no more confin'd ' To smooth the ruffled plume of Zephyr's wing , To guard from cruel froft the infant fpring , To drive grofs atoms from the rays of noon , Or chafe the halo from the vap'rish moon ! Thy ...
... kind , Be thy benignant cares no more confin'd ' To smooth the ruffled plume of Zephyr's wing , To guard from cruel froft the infant fpring , To drive grofs atoms from the rays of noon , Or chafe the halo from the vap'rish moon ! Thy ...
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... kind Sprite her friendly counsel clos'd ,. And lightly vanifh'd - Still SERENA doz'd ; Still in sweet trance fhe fondly feem'd to hear The foft perfuafion vibrate in her ear . But waking now far diff'rent notes fhe found ; Lefs pleafing ...
... kind Sprite her friendly counsel clos'd ,. And lightly vanifh'd - Still SERENA doz'd ; Still in sweet trance fhe fondly feem'd to hear The foft perfuafion vibrate in her ear . But waking now far diff'rent notes fhe found ; Lefs pleafing ...
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æther airy beauty beauty's bleft blifs bofom breaſt bright CANTO charms cloſe confcious dark defire delight earth enchanting ev'ry eyes fair fancy faſhion's fate fatire fav'rite fcenes fecret feels feems feen female fenfe fhade fhall fiend fight filk finking fire fixt flame flaſh flatt'ring flow'rs fmile foft fofter fome fond fondly foon foothing foul fpirit fpoke fprite frown ftill ftrength ftrife fuch fudden fullen fweet fwelling gaz'd gentle grace guardian heart heav'nly herſelf hour keen kind knight laft lefs magic maid mild mind mortal moſt mufic muft myftic nymph o'er paffion pafs paſt peer phantoms Pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r pride quick raiſe rife rofe round ſcene SERENA ſhe ſmile SOPHROSYNE ſparkling ſpell Spleen ſpoke ſportive ſpread ſtate ſtill ſweet Sycorax tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand trepan triumph unfeen vex'd vext view'd vifion whofe whoſe youth
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Page 11 - Nor shar'd my guidance, nor requir'd my aid. Her tender frame, nor confident nor coy, Had every fibre tun'd to gentle joy : No vain caprices swell'd her pouting lip ; No gold produc'da mercenary trip ; Soft innocence inspir'd her willing kiss, Her love was nature, and her life was bliss, Guide of his reason, not his passion's prey, She tam'd the savage, man, who bless'd her sway.
Page 102 - New fhadowy hofts, the vaflals of his thought, In Joy's gay garb, in Terror's dread array, Darker than night, and brighter than the day ; Who at his bidding, thro...
Page 3 - The genial fun in its expanding leaves ; For now fhe enter'd thofe important years, When the full bofom fwells with hopes and fears ; When confcious nature prompts the...
Page 112 - For earthly gauze was never half fo fine. Of that enchanting age her figure feems, When fmiling Nature with the vital beams Of vivid Youth, and Pleafure's purple flame. Gilds her accomplifli'd work, the female fiame, With rich luxuriance tender, fweetly wild, And juft between the woman and the child.