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BEAUTY SHORT - LIVED . The morning flowers display their sweets , And gay
their silken leaves unfold , As careless of the noon - tide heats , And fearless of
the evening's cold . Nipt by the wind's untimely blast , Parch'd by the sun's
directer ...
BEAUTY SHORT - LIVED . The morning flowers display their sweets , And gay
their silken leaves unfold , As careless of the noon - tide heats , And fearless of
the evening's cold . Nipt by the wind's untimely blast , Parch'd by the sun's
directer ...
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TAKE , sacred earth , all that my soul holds dear , Take that best gift which
Heaven so lately gave ! To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded
form ; she bow'd to taste the wave , And died ! Does youth , does beauty read the
line ?
TAKE , sacred earth , all that my soul holds dear , Take that best gift which
Heaven so lately gave ! To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded
form ; she bow'd to taste the wave , And died ! Does youth , does beauty read the
line ?
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Mason . Here sleeps what once was beauty , once was grace ; Grace , that with
tenderness and sense combined To form that harmony of soul and face , Where
beauty shines the mirror of the mind . Such was the maid , that in the morn of
youth ...
Mason . Here sleeps what once was beauty , once was grace ; Grace , that with
tenderness and sense combined To form that harmony of soul and face , Where
beauty shines the mirror of the mind . Such was the maid , that in the morn of
youth ...
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In bloom of beauty , humbly turned aside The incense flattery offered to her pride
. Her front with blushing modesty she bound , And on her lips the law of truth was
found ; Fond to oblige , too gentle to offend , Beloved by all , to all the good a ...
In bloom of beauty , humbly turned aside The incense flattery offered to her pride
. Her front with blushing modesty she bound , And on her lips the law of truth was
found ; Fond to oblige , too gentle to offend , Beloved by all , to all the good a ...
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... convey'd New scenes appear'd , by mortal ne'er survey'd ; Such as were fabled
erst in fairy land , Where elfin knights their prowess oft display'd , And mighty
Love inspir'd the warlike band To seek adventures hard at Beauty's high
command ...
... convey'd New scenes appear'd , by mortal ne'er survey'd ; Such as were fabled
erst in fairy land , Where elfin knights their prowess oft display'd , And mighty
Love inspir'd the warlike band To seek adventures hard at Beauty's high
command ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Poems Divine and Moral |
| Author | John Bowdler |
| Compiled by | John Bowdler |
| Publisher | C. & J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Original from | University of California Irvine |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2017 |
| Length | 254 pages |
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