The Poems and Plays of Oliver GoldsmithJ. M. Dent, 1917 - 317 pages |
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... maid , Forc'd from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climbs beyond the western main ; Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around , And Niagara stuns with thund'ring sound ? Even now , perhaps , as there some pilgrim strays ...
... maid , Forc'd from their homes , a melancholy train , To traverse climbs beyond the western main ; Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around , And Niagara stuns with thund'ring sound ? Even now , perhaps , as there some pilgrim strays ...
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... maid , half willing to be press'd , Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest . Yes ! let the rich deride , the proud disdaih , These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear , congenial to my heart , One native charm ...
... maid , half willing to be press'd , Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest . Yes ! let the rich deride , the proud disdaih , These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear , congenial to my heart , One native charm ...
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... maid , Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame , To catch the heart , or strike for honest fame : Dear charming nymph , neglected and decried , My shame in crowds , my solitary pride ...
... maid , Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame , To catch the heart , or strike for honest fame : Dear charming nymph , neglected and decried , My shame in crowds , my solitary pride ...
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... maid ; A visage so sad , and so pale with affright , Wak'd Priam in drawing his curtains by night.1 But we quickly found out , for who could mistake her ? That she came with some terrible news from the baker : And so it fell out , for ...
... maid ; A visage so sad , and so pale with affright , Wak'd Priam in drawing his curtains by night.1 But we quickly found out , for who could mistake her ? That she came with some terrible news from the baker : And so it fell out , for ...
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... maid , I'll give thee - To the Devil . [ 1 First printed in The Bee , 6th October , 1759. ] [ First printed in The Bee , 13th October , 1759. It is an adaptation of some lines headed Etrene à Iris in Part iii . of the Ménagiana . ] THE ...
... maid , I'll give thee - To the Devil . [ 1 First printed in The Bee , 6th October , 1759. ] [ First printed in The Bee , 13th October , 1759. It is an adaptation of some lines headed Etrene à Iris in Part iii . of the Ménagiana . ] THE ...
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