New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and Entertaining, from the Most Eminent British Poets, and Poetical Translators, Volume 6C. and C. Whittingham; Published by Carpenter and son, 1827 - Classical poetry |
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... lips the vital spirit fled , Returns no more to wake the silent dead . My fates long since by Thetis were disclosed , And each alternate , life or fame , proposed ; Here , if I stay , before the Trojan town 18 P. XI . ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... lips the vital spirit fled , Returns no more to wake the silent dead . My fates long since by Thetis were disclosed , And each alternate , life or fame , proposed ; Here , if I stay , before the Trojan town 18 P. XI . ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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... lips , seduce to bliss , Pouting to provoke the kiss . Now her chin minute express , Rounded into prettiness : There let all the Graces play ; In that dimpled circle stray ; Round her bended neck delay : Marble pillar , on the sight ...
... lips , seduce to bliss , Pouting to provoke the kiss . Now her chin minute express , Rounded into prettiness : There let all the Graces play ; In that dimpled circle stray ; Round her bended neck delay : Marble pillar , on the sight ...
Page 93
... lips in dew , And gave thy form ambrosial harmony . My soul would perish in the melting gaze , But for thine eyes , where Hope for ever plays . PAUL THE SILENTIARY . M. REMEMBRANCE AND FORGETFULNESS . ALL hail , Remembrance and ...
... lips in dew , And gave thy form ambrosial harmony . My soul would perish in the melting gaze , But for thine eyes , where Hope for ever plays . PAUL THE SILENTIARY . M. REMEMBRANCE AND FORGETFULNESS . ALL hail , Remembrance and ...
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... lip reluctant accents broke , And his teeth clatter'd as the godhead spoke . ' Great is thy guilt ; on thy devoted head Indignant gods no common vengeance shed ; Sad Orpheus , doom'd , without a crime , to mourn His ravish'd bride that ...
... lip reluctant accents broke , And his teeth clatter'd as the godhead spoke . ' Great is thy guilt ; on thy devoted head Indignant gods no common vengeance shed ; Sad Orpheus , doom'd , without a crime , to mourn His ravish'd bride that ...
Page 123
... salted cakes her pious hand extends . One foot was bare , and zoneless was her vest : Her dying lips the gods and stars attest : The stars and gods that , conscious of her state TRANSLATIONS . 123 The Death of Dido Symmons.
... salted cakes her pious hand extends . One foot was bare , and zoneless was her vest : Her dying lips the gods and stars attest : The stars and gods that , conscious of her state TRANSLATIONS . 123 The Death of Dido Symmons.
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