Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... swain , Enow of such , as for their bellies ' sake Creep , and intrude , and climb into the fold ? Of other care they little reckoning make , Than how to scramble at the shearers ' feast , And shove away the worthy bidden guest ; Blind ...
... swain , Enow of such , as for their bellies ' sake Creep , and intrude , and climb into the fold ? Of other care they little reckoning make , Than how to scramble at the shearers ' feast , And shove away the worthy bidden guest ; Blind ...
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... swain to the oaks and Are coming to attend their father's state , rills , While the still Morn went out with sandals grey ; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills , With eager thought warbling his Doric lay ; And now the Sun had ...
... swain to the oaks and Are coming to attend their father's state , rills , While the still Morn went out with sandals grey ; He touch'd the tender stops of various quills , With eager thought warbling his Doric lay ; And now the Sun had ...
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... swain That to the service of this house belongs , Who with his soft pipe , and smooth - dittied song , Well knows to still the wild winds when they roar , And hush the waving woods ; nor of less faith , And in this office of his ...
... swain That to the service of this house belongs , Who with his soft pipe , and smooth - dittied song , Well knows to still the wild winds when they roar , And hush the waving woods ; nor of less faith , And in this office of his ...
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... swain ? hath any ram Slipt from the fold , or young kid lost his dam , Or straggling wether the pent flock forsook ? How could'st thou find this dark sequester'd nook ? Spir . O my lov'd master's heir , and his next joy , I came not ...
... swain ? hath any ram Slipt from the fold , or young kid lost his dam , Or straggling wether the pent flock forsook ? How could'st thou find this dark sequester'd nook ? Spir . O my lov'd master's heir , and his next joy , I came not ...
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... swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon : And yet more med'cinal is it than that moly , That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd it hæmony , and gave it me , And bade me keep it as of sovran use Gainst all enchantments ...
... swain Treads on it daily with his clouted shoon : And yet more med'cinal is it than that moly , That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd it hæmony , and gave it me , And bade me keep it as of sovran use Gainst all enchantments ...
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