Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 97
... to his eyes alone , Nor time can shake , nor pow'r invade ; With charms attractive as his own ; But , as the stem and scion stand And , in my circling wings caress'd , Ingrafted by a skilful hand , Give all the lover to my breast .
... to his eyes alone , Nor time can shake , nor pow'r invade ; With charms attractive as his own ; But , as the stem and scion stand And , in my circling wings caress'd , Ingrafted by a skilful hand , Give all the lover to my breast .
Page 106
Seem wing'd to part , and gain my native sky ; Thus the benighted traveller , that strays I strive to mount ... If , on sublimer wings of love and praise , Offspring of God , no less thy pedigree , [ be , My soul above the starry vault ...
Seem wing'd to part , and gain my native sky ; Thus the benighted traveller , that strays I strive to mount ... If , on sublimer wings of love and praise , Offspring of God , no less thy pedigree , [ be , My soul above the starry vault ...
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But restless hurry through the busy air , O then , ye friends of love and love - taught song , Beat by unnumber'd wings . The swallow Spare the soft tribes , this barbarous art forbear ; sweeps If on your bosom innocence can win ...
But restless hurry through the busy air , O then , ye friends of love and love - taught song , Beat by unnumber'd wings . The swallow Spare the soft tribes , this barbarous art forbear ; sweeps If on your bosom innocence can win ...
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| Title | Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5 Volume 5 of Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations, Vicesimus Knox Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, James Gates Percival |
| Compiled by | Vicesimus Knox |
| Publisher | S. Walker, 1826 |
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