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 88
... Mind , incurable . Can't thou not minifter to a mind difeas'd , Pluck from the memory a rooted forrow , Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And , with fome fweet oblivious antidote , Cleanfe the ftuff'd bofom of that perilous ...
... Mind , incurable . Can't thou not minifter to a mind difeas'd , Pluck from the memory a rooted forrow , Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And , with fome fweet oblivious antidote , Cleanfe the ftuff'd bofom of that perilous ...
Page 265
... mind exprefs'd ; Her mind was virtue by the graces dress'd . My works the reader and the hearer praise ; -- § They're incorrect , a brother poet fays : But let him rail ; for , when I give a feast , Am I to please the cook , or please ...
... mind exprefs'd ; Her mind was virtue by the graces dress'd . My works the reader and the hearer praise ; -- § They're incorrect , a brother poet fays : But let him rail ; for , when I give a feast , Am I to please the cook , or please ...
Page 307
... Mind . JOSHUA SYLVESTER . WEIGH not fortune's frown or smile , I joy not much in earthly joys ; I feek not ftate , I reck not ftile , I am not fond of fancy's toys ; I reft fo pleas'd with what I have , I wish no more , no more I crave ...
... Mind . JOSHUA SYLVESTER . WEIGH not fortune's frown or smile , I joy not much in earthly joys ; I feek not ftate , I reck not ftile , I am not fond of fancy's toys ; I reft fo pleas'd with what I have , I wish no more , no more I crave ...
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