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... soft and cooling breezes brings , Than zephyrs fanning with their silken wings . But love , where madness reason does subdue , E'en angels , were they here , might well pursue . Lovely the sex , and moving are their charins , But why ...
... soft and cooling breezes brings , Than zephyrs fanning with their silken wings . But love , where madness reason does subdue , E'en angels , were they here , might well pursue . Lovely the sex , and moving are their charins , But why ...
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... soft months , in gay confusion blends . BYLES was earnestly opposed to the Revo- lution , and in the spring of 1777 was denounced in the public assemblies as a Tory , and com- pelled to give bonds for his appearance before a court for ...
... soft months , in gay confusion blends . BYLES was earnestly opposed to the Revo- lution , and in the spring of 1777 was denounced in the public assemblies as a Tory , and com- pelled to give bonds for his appearance before a court for ...
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... soft waters murmuring by ; Thus quietly thy summer goes , Thy days declining to repose . Smit with those charms , that must decay , I grieve to see your future doom ; They died - nor were those flowers more gay , The flowers that did in ...
... soft waters murmuring by ; Thus quietly thy summer goes , Thy days declining to repose . Smit with those charms , that must decay , I grieve to see your future doom ; They died - nor were those flowers more gay , The flowers that did in ...
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... soft address , with airs so sweet , That cringes at the ladies ' feet ; The pert , vivacious , play - house style , That wakes the gay assembly's smile ; Jests that his brother beaux may hit , And pass with young coquettes for wit , And ...
... soft address , with airs so sweet , That cringes at the ladies ' feet ; The pert , vivacious , play - house style , That wakes the gay assembly's smile ; Jests that his brother beaux may hit , And pass with young coquettes for wit , And ...
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... soft emotions through the heaving breast ; In magic transport heart with heart entwined , And in sweet languor lost the melting mind . ' T was then thy voice , attuned to wisdom's lay , Show'd fairer worlds , and traced the immortal way ...
... soft emotions through the heaving breast ; In magic transport heart with heart entwined , And in sweet languor lost the melting mind . ' T was then thy voice , attuned to wisdom's lay , Show'd fairer worlds , and traced the immortal way ...
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