Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 183
... fome like fnails , fome did like fpiders fhew , And fome like ugly urchins , thick and fhort ; They cruelly affailed that fift fort , Armed with darts of fenfual delight , With ftrings of carnall luft , and strong effort Of feeling ...
... fome like fnails , fome did like fpiders fhew , And fome like ugly urchins , thick and fhort ; They cruelly affailed that fift fort , Armed with darts of fenfual delight , With ftrings of carnall luft , and strong effort Of feeling ...
Page 224
... fome hollow'd feat , ' Gainft which the big waves beat , [ brought ! Hear drowning feamen's cries in tempefts Dark ... fome divine excefs , Faint's the cold work till thou infpire the whole ; What each , what all fupply , May court , may ...
... fome hollow'd feat , ' Gainft which the big waves beat , [ brought ! Hear drowning feamen's cries in tempefts Dark ... fome divine excefs , Faint's the cold work till thou infpire the whole ; What each , what all fupply , May court , may ...
Page 426
... fome fuch difmal phiz as mine comest on --- Ladies and gentlemen , indeed there's none ; The prologue , author , speaker --- all are dead and gone . afk it --- you you , if Here fome take places , and fome mount the [ basket . Our ...
... fome fuch difmal phiz as mine comest on --- Ladies and gentlemen , indeed there's none ; The prologue , author , speaker --- all are dead and gone . afk it --- you you , if Here fome take places , and fome mount the [ basket . Our ...
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