Poems and PlaysMessrs. Price, Sleater, 1785 - 274 pages |
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Page 45
... look , and brighten'd all the green ; Thefe , far departing , feek a kinder fhore , And rural mirth and manners are no more . Sweet AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour , Thy glades forlorn confefs the tyrant's pow'r . Here , as I take ...
... look , and brighten'd all the green ; Thefe , far departing , feek a kinder fhore , And rural mirth and manners are no more . Sweet AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour , Thy glades forlorn confefs the tyrant's pow'r . Here , as I take ...
Page 48
... looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway , And fools , who came to fcoff remain'd to pray . The service paft , around the pious man , With ready zeal , each honeft ruftic ran ; Ev'n children ...
... looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway , And fools , who came to fcoff remain'd to pray . The service paft , around the pious man , With ready zeal , each honeft ruftic ran ; Ev'n children ...
Page 50
... looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly ftoops to trace The parlour fplendors of that feftive place ; The white - wafh'd wall , the nicely fanded floor , The varnish'd clock that click'd ...
... looks profound , And news much older than their ale went round . Imagination fondly ftoops to trace The parlour fplendors of that feftive place ; The white - wafh'd wall , the nicely fanded floor , The varnish'd clock that click'd ...
Page 53
... looks , the cottage might adorn , Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn ; Now loft to all ; her friends , her virtue fled , Near her betrayer's door fhe lays her head , 320 330 And , pinch'd with cold , and shrinking from the ...
... looks , the cottage might adorn , Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn ; Now loft to all ; her friends , her virtue fled , Near her betrayer's door fhe lays her head , 320 330 And , pinch'd with cold , and shrinking from the ...
Page 54
... look'd their last , And took a long farewel , and wifh'd in vain For feats like thefe beyond the western main ; And fhudd'ring ftill to face the diftant deep , Return'd and wept , and still return'd to weep . The good old fire , the ...
... look'd their last , And took a long farewel , and wifh'd in vain For feats like thefe beyond the western main ; And fhudd'ring ftill to face the diftant deep , Return'd and wept , and still return'd to weep . The good old fire , the ...
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