The Works of the English Poets: GayH. Hughs, 1779 |
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Alcmena arms beauty beneath Blouzelind boaft boſom breast ceaſe charms cheek Cloacina cloſe coach crouds dame damſel defcend diſtant dreſs ECLOGUE EPISTLE Ev'n eyes fafely faid fair fame fate fide fighs filver fing firſt flame fleep flies flow foft fome fong foon forrow foul fuch fure Galanthis glaſs grace hand heart juſt labours laſt LOBBIN CLOUT loft loſe Lubberkin maid Molly moſt Muſe muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion paſs plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe preſent pride purſue Quadrille raiſe reſt rife roſe round ſay ſee ſeen ſhade ſhall ſharp ſhe ſhepherd ſhine ſhoes ſhore ſhould ſhow ſhower ſkies ſmiles ſome ſpacious ſpoke ſport ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtay ſteed ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtrains ſtreams ſtreet ſtrong ſuch ſwain ſweet ſwelling ſwift tears thee theſe thoſe thou trembling Twas verſe VIRG Whoſe wind youth
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Page 258 - Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss off that falling tear ; We only part to meet again. Change as ye list, ye winds ; my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points to thee.
Page 79 - Two Hazel-Nuts I threw into the Flame, And to each Nut I gave a Sweet-heart's Name. This with the loudest Bounce me sore amaz'd, That in a Flame of brightest Colour blaz'd. As blaz'd the Nut so may thy Passion grow, For 'twas thy Nut that did so brightly glow.
Page 257 - So the sweet lark, high poised in air, Shuts close his pinions to his breast, If chance his mate's shrill call he hear, And drops at once into her nest. The...
Page 146 - Heaven thy eyes and hands, When the long scroll the surgeon's fees demands ! Or else (ye gods, avert that worst disgrace !) Thy ruin'd nose falls level with thy face ! Then shall thy wife thy loathsome kiss disdain, And wholesome neighbours from thy mug refrain. Yet there are watchmen, who with friendly light...
Page 78 - With my sharp heel I three times mark the ground, And turn me thrice around, around, around.
Page 131 - Eyes, and hasts to beggar more. Where the brass Knocker, wrapt in Flannel Band, Forbids the Thunder of the Footman's Hand; Th...
Page 268 - Like the eyes of my sweet Molly Mog. ' For guineas in other men's breeches Your gamesters' will palm and will cog ; But I envy them none of their riches, So I may win sweet Molly Mog.
Page 192 - Ev'n in mid ocean often didst thou quail, And oft lift up thy holy eye and hand, Praying the Virgin dear, and saintly choir, Back to the port to bring thy bark entire.
Page 198 - All this, my friends, I owe to Homer's strain, On whose strong pinions I exalt my lay. What from contending cities did he gain; And what rewards his grateful country pay? None, none were paid — why then all this for me? These honours, Homer, had been just to thee.
Page 88 - The daisy, butter-flower, and endive blue. After the good man warn'd us from his text, That none could tell whose turn would be the next, He said that Heaven would take her soul, no doubt, And spoke the hour-glass in her praise— quite out...