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... telling - Divinations : the ash leaf , ' ' hemp seed , ' ' the daisy , ' ' the new moon , ' ' the T , ' ' Valentine's morn , ' & c . , & c . — Perseverance of Involuntary Old Maids , in their search after Husbands - Considerations and ...
... telling - Divinations : the ash leaf , ' ' hemp seed , ' ' the daisy , ' ' the new moon , ' ' the T , ' ' Valentine's morn , ' & c . , & c . — Perseverance of Involuntary Old Maids , in their search after Husbands - Considerations and ...
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... telling- " That more loving dust Ne'er wept beneath the skies , ” — though these are lost , the principle of love still lives - shrined within her heart . Her delicacy , her refinement , her almost spi- ritualised tenderness , have ...
... telling- " That more loving dust Ne'er wept beneath the skies , ” — though these are lost , the principle of love still lives - shrined within her heart . Her delicacy , her refinement , her almost spi- ritualised tenderness , have ...
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... tell— 66 Thoughts of young love- ? " Yes thou art a gem , peerless in thy loveliness.— The very sun - shine of delight dwells on thy features , and thy bosom throbs with hopes and fears most feminine , —and yet thou art a Volun- 52 ...
... tell— 66 Thoughts of young love- ? " Yes thou art a gem , peerless in thy loveliness.— The very sun - shine of delight dwells on thy features , and thy bosom throbs with hopes and fears most feminine , —and yet thou art a Volun- 52 ...
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... tell him to his teeth , that he knows nothing of the high mystery ' of Old Maidism . " So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity , That when a soul is found sincerely so , A thousand liveried angels lackey her , Driving far off each thing ...
... tell him to his teeth , that he knows nothing of the high mystery ' of Old Maidism . " So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity , That when a soul is found sincerely so , A thousand liveried angels lackey her , Driving far off each thing ...
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... tell you . · " That peace on earth begins , when love has bid farewell , " and well are we qualified to uphold your cause ; for " We've known , if mortal ever knew , the pangs of beauty's thrall . " and we have abjured them ; aye , and ...
... tell you . · " That peace on earth begins , when love has bid farewell , " and well are we qualified to uphold your cause ; for " We've known , if mortal ever knew , the pangs of beauty's thrall . " and we have abjured them ; aye , and ...
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Page 51 - A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt; And, in clear dream and solemn vision, Tell her of things, that no gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th
Page 119 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain ! But when I speak— thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid...
Page 148 - And the sweets of the days that are gone. Each dew-drop that steals from the dark eye of night, Is a tear for the bliss that is flown ; While others cull blossoms, J find but a blight, And sigh for the days that are gone.
Page 147 - I still wander alone, And, sunk in dejection, for ever deplore The sweets of the days that are gone. While the sun as it rises, to others shines bright, I think how it formerly shone ; While others cull blossoms, I find but a blight, And sigh for the days that are gone.
Page 208 - Tibullus, ardet in exstructo, corpus inane, rogo. ecce puer Veneris fert eversamque pharetram et fractos arcus et sine luce facem.
Page 153 - Blest source of purer joys! In ev'ry form of beauty bright, That captivates the mental sight With pleasure and surprise; V. To thy unspotted shrine I bow: Attend thy modest suppliant's vow, That breathes no wild desires; But, taught by thy unerring rules, To shun the fruitless wish of fools, To nobler views aspires.
Page 183 - To me thy better gifts impart, Each moral beauty of the heart By studious thought refin'd : For Wealth, the smiles of glad Content, For Pow'r, its amplest, best extent, An empire o'er my mind.
Page 149 - To fill the breast with heav'nly fires! Where for a while the soul must roam. To preconceive the state to come, And when through life the journey's past, Without repining or distaste, Again the spirit will repair, To breathe a more celestial air, And reap, where blessed beings glow, Completion of the joys below. PART III. TERPSICHORE; OR, THE MODERATE. if £* $' ayaflov Tl xaxsv Tl. Horn. od. e. Msec satis est orare Jovem, qui donat et aufert; Dct vitam, del opes; asquum ml aniinuin ips
Page 65 - New moon, new moon, I hail thee ! By all the virtue in thy body, Grant this night that I may see He who my true love is to be.
Page 36 - The labouring hind the mellow olive cheers ; Blossoms and fruit at once the citron shows, And, as she pays, discovers still she owes. The orange to her sun her pride displays, And gilds her fragrant apples with his rays. No blasts e'er discompose the peaceful sky, The springs but murmur and the winds but sigh.