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... fair and young . " Ye Persian dames , " he said , " to you belong- Well may they please the morals of my song : No fairer maids , I trust , than you are found , Graced with soft arts , the peopled world around ! The morn that lights you ...
... fair and young . " Ye Persian dames , " he said , " to you belong- Well may they please the morals of my song : No fairer maids , I trust , than you are found , Graced with soft arts , the peopled world around ! The morn that lights you ...
Page 31
... fair maids ! ye Virtues , come away ! Sweet Peace and Plenty lead you on your way ! The balmy shrub , for you shall love our shore , By Ind excelled , or Araby , no more . " Lost to our fields , for so the Fates ordain , The dear ...
... fair maids ! ye Virtues , come away ! Sweet Peace and Plenty lead you on your way ! The balmy shrub , for you shall love our shore , By Ind excelled , or Araby , no more . " Lost to our fields , for so the Fates ordain , The dear ...
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... fair return , Say , with a kiss , she must not , shall not mourn ; O ! let me teach my heart to lose its fears , Recalled by Wisdom's voice , and Zara's tears . " He said , and called on Heaven to bless the day , When back to Schiraz ...
... fair return , Say , with a kiss , she must not , shall not mourn ; O ! let me teach my heart to lose its fears , Recalled by Wisdom's voice , and Zara's tears . " He said , and called on Heaven to bless the day , When back to Schiraz ...
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... Fair , happy maid ! to other scenes remove , To richer scenes of golden power and love ! Go leave the simple pipe and shepherd's strain ; With love delight thee , and with Abbas reign ! Be every youth like royal Abbas moved , And every ...
... Fair , happy maid ! to other scenes remove , To richer scenes of golden power and love ! Go leave the simple pipe and shepherd's strain ; With love delight thee , and with Abbas reign ! Be every youth like royal Abbas moved , And every ...
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... fair ; Oft to the shades and low - roofed cots retired , Or sought the vale where first his heart was fired : A russet mantle , like a swain , he wore , And thought of crowns , and busy courts , no more . Be every youth like royal Abbas ...
... fair ; Oft to the shades and low - roofed cots retired , Or sought the vale where first his heart was fired : A russet mantle , like a swain , he wore , And thought of crowns , and busy courts , no more . Be every youth like royal Abbas ...
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