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The bashful look , the rifing breast , Alternate spread alarms : The lovely stranger ftands confeft A maid in all her charms . " And , ah , forgive a stranger rude , " A wretch forlorn , " fhe cry'd ; " Whose feet unhallow'd thus ...
The bashful look , the rifing breast , Alternate spread alarms : The lovely stranger ftands confeft A maid in all her charms . " And , ah , forgive a stranger rude , " A wretch forlorn , " fhe cry'd ; " Whose feet unhallow'd thus ...
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Ev'n now , where Alpine folitudes afcend , I fit me down a penfive hour to spend ; And , plac'd on high above the ftorm's career , Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes , forefts , cities , plains extending wide ...
Ev'n now , where Alpine folitudes afcend , I fit me down a penfive hour to spend ; And , plac'd on high above the ftorm's career , Look downward where an hundred realms appear ; Lakes , forefts , cities , plains extending wide ...
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190 At night returning , ev'ry labour fped , He fits him down the monarch of a shed Smiles by his chearful fire , and round furveys His childrens looks that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner , boastful of her hoard ...
190 At night returning , ev'ry labour fped , He fits him down the monarch of a shed Smiles by his chearful fire , and round furveys His childrens looks that brighten at the blaze ; While his lov'd partner , boastful of her hoard ...
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... And all around distressful yells arise , The penfive exile , bending with his woe , To ftop too fearful , and too faint to go , Cafts a long look where England's glories shine , And bids his bofom fympathize with mine .
... And all around distressful yells arise , The penfive exile , bending with his woe , To ftop too fearful , and too faint to go , Cafts a long look where England's glories shine , And bids his bofom fympathize with mine .
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The dancing pair that fimply fought renown , By holding out , to tire each other down ; The fwain miftruftlefs of his fmutted face , While fecret laughter titter'd round the place ; The bafhful virgin's fide - long looks of love ...
The dancing pair that fimply fought renown , By holding out , to tire each other down ; The fwain miftruftlefs of his fmutted face , While fecret laughter titter'd round the place ; The bafhful virgin's fide - long looks of love ...
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| Title | Poems and Plays |
| Author | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Publisher | Messrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 21 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 274 pages |
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