Poems, moral & entertaining, by a ladyW. Sheardown, 1808 - 153 pages |
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... my muse presumes to bring Her slender sheaf , and fancy's wild notes sing ; She not for praise , but for indulgence pleads , When her untutored page the critic reads . SUBSCRIBERS NAMES . Athorpe Thomas , Esq . Dinnington ,
... my muse presumes to bring Her slender sheaf , and fancy's wild notes sing ; She not for praise , but for indulgence pleads , When her untutored page the critic reads . SUBSCRIBERS NAMES . Athorpe Thomas , Esq . Dinnington ,
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... fancy that thou still art near ; But ah , how soon is fancy's transient glow Dimmed with the moisture of reflection's tear . Yet Memory , some painful solace gives , By thee , Maria dies , by thee she ever lives . ALFRED AND CONSTANTIA ...
... fancy that thou still art near ; But ah , how soon is fancy's transient glow Dimmed with the moisture of reflection's tear . Yet Memory , some painful solace gives , By thee , Maria dies , by thee she ever lives . ALFRED AND CONSTANTIA ...
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... fancy chose , As the sweet promise of its fairest rose ! How art thou changed , though my assiduous toil , From each encroaching weed preserved thy soil Would pleased observe , thy infant folds assume The gradual blush , the delicate ...
... fancy chose , As the sweet promise of its fairest rose ! How art thou changed , though my assiduous toil , From each encroaching weed preserved thy soil Would pleased observe , thy infant folds assume The gradual blush , the delicate ...
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... fancy's lustre gilds lost social scenes ; And in imagination makes us blest With all that time had ravaged in its course . If thus reflection , stealing o'er the mind , ( Like night's envelope o'er a dormant world ) Absorbs its ...
... fancy's lustre gilds lost social scenes ; And in imagination makes us blest With all that time had ravaged in its course . If thus reflection , stealing o'er the mind , ( Like night's envelope o'er a dormant world ) Absorbs its ...
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... fancy , contrasted your form with Recalled in idea what poets relate , your face , And I smiled to believe it could ne'er be thy fate ; Who , without affectation , unconsciously please , By diffident merit , and dignified ease . The ...
... fancy , contrasted your form with Recalled in idea what poets relate , your face , And I smiled to believe it could ne'er be thy fate ; Who , without affectation , unconsciously please , By diffident merit , and dignified ease . The ...
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