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Then when on Beauty's throne you fit , And thousands court your wish'd - for arms
; My Mufe shall stretch her utmost wit , To fing the victories of your charms . V.
Charms that in time shall ne'er be lost , At least while verse like mine endures ...
Then when on Beauty's throne you fit , And thousands court your wish'd - for arms
; My Mufe shall stretch her utmost wit , To fing the victories of your charms . V.
Charms that in time shall ne'er be lost , At least while verse like mine endures ...
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... With charms untarnish'd , innocence Display , and Eden shall commence :
When thus you come in sober fit , And wisdom is prefer'd to wit ; And looks diviner
graces tell , Which don't with giggling muscles dwell ; And beauty like the ray -
clipt ...
... With charms untarnish'd , innocence Display , and Eden shall commence :
When thus you come in sober fit , And wisdom is prefer'd to wit ; And looks diviner
graces tell , Which don't with giggling muscles dwell ; And beauty like the ray -
clipt ...
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So pagan prieits first form and dress the wood , Then proftrate fall before the
senseless God . But now , curst woman , thy last sentence hear : I call'd thy
beauty forth , I bid it disappear . I'll strip thee of thy borrow'd plumes ; undress ,
And shew ...
So pagan prieits first form and dress the wood , Then proftrate fall before the
senseless God . But now , curst woman , thy last sentence hear : I call'd thy
beauty forth , I bid it disappear . I'll strip thee of thy borrow'd plumes ; undress ,
And shew ...
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Well pleas'd these gen'rous foreigners expire , A facrifice to Beauty's general fire .
Oh ! had they seen , with what superior grace Beauty here triumphs in each
lovely face , Their am'rous flames had their own work betray'd , And burn'd the
web ...
Well pleas'd these gen'rous foreigners expire , A facrifice to Beauty's general fire .
Oh ! had they seen , with what superior grace Beauty here triumphs in each
lovely face , Their am'rous flames had their own work betray'd , And burn'd the
web ...
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Can I then bear , enrag'd she said , Slights offer'd to my fav'ríte maid , The nymph
whom I decreed to be The representative of me ? The Goddess ceas d -- the
Gods all bow'd , Nor one the wicked bard avow'd , Who , while in beauty's praise
he ...
Can I then bear , enrag'd she said , Slights offer'd to my fav'ríte maid , The nymph
whom I decreed to be The representative of me ? The Goddess ceas d -- the
Gods all bow'd , Nor one the wicked bard avow'd , Who , while in beauty's praise
he ...
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| Titel | A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Band 5 A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Robert Dodsley |
| Herausgeber | Robert Dodsley |
| Verlag | J. Hughs, 1763 |
| Original von | Ohio State University |
| Digitalisiert | 29. Sept. 2014 |
| Länge | 336 Seiten |
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