The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Seasons and Months of the Year, Their Changes, Employments, Lessons, and Pleasures |
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... YOUTH WARNED FROM LAWLESS LOVE . ITS ENERVATING EFFECTS . And let the aspiring youth beware of love , Of the smooth glance beware ; for ' t is too late When on his heart the torrent - softness pours . Then wisdom prostrate lies , and ...
... YOUTH WARNED FROM LAWLESS LOVE . ITS ENERVATING EFFECTS . And let the aspiring youth beware of love , Of the smooth glance beware ; for ' t is too late When on his heart the torrent - softness pours . Then wisdom prostrate lies , and ...
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... youth of mild yet manly mien , Who seemed to taste the beauties he surveyed . ' Little , I fear me , will a stranger's eye Find here to praise , where rich Vitruvian art Has reared no temples , no triumphal arcs ; Where no Palladian ...
... youth of mild yet manly mien , Who seemed to taste the beauties he surveyed . ' Little , I fear me , will a stranger's eye Find here to praise , where rich Vitruvian art Has reared no temples , no triumphal arcs ; Where no Palladian ...
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... youth , what madness could provoke A mortal man t ' invade a sleeping god ? What business brought thee to my dark abode ? To this the audacious youth : thou know'st full My name and business , god , nor need I tell [ well No man can ...
... youth , what madness could provoke A mortal man t ' invade a sleeping god ? What business brought thee to my dark abode ? To this the audacious youth : thou know'st full My name and business , god , nor need I tell [ well No man can ...
Contents
Mrs Hemanss Voice of Spring | 52 |
HESIODS WORKS AND DAYS | 70 |
SUMMER pp 135296 | 135 |
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