The Lady's Poetical Magazine; Or, Beauties of British Poetry, Հատոր 1Harrison and Company, 1781 |
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... fair might easy prove , Females have well in noblest conflicts strove ; As when Eliza Britain's sceptre sway'd , And the aw'd world admir'd the matchless maid ; Yet willingly to man the palm they yield , From throne and sceptre , to the ...
... fair might easy prove , Females have well in noblest conflicts strove ; As when Eliza Britain's sceptre sway'd , And the aw'd world admir'd the matchless maid ; Yet willingly to man the palm they yield , From throne and sceptre , to the ...
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... fair ? Say , canft thou meanly think that science strives • To taint the female breast where most it thrives ? ८ Yet , if a fpark within your own resides , Imagine reason ev'ry action guides ; Expect distinction from the lowly crowd ...
... fair ? Say , canft thou meanly think that science strives • To taint the female breast where most it thrives ? ८ Yet , if a fpark within your own resides , Imagine reason ev'ry action guides ; Expect distinction from the lowly crowd ...
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... fair , Which owns a scent less fragrant than the air ; Leaft it's foul breath contaminate the whole , And make the food - the poison of the foul . The task is great , indeed ! But , when I fear , My better Genius cries , Still persevere ...
... fair , Which owns a scent less fragrant than the air ; Leaft it's foul breath contaminate the whole , And make the food - the poison of the foul . The task is great , indeed ! But , when I fear , My better Genius cries , Still persevere ...
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... fair , Was center'd more than half their care ; For Heav'n , to gratulate her birth , Gave figns of future joy to earth ; White was the robe this infant wore , And Chastity the name she bore . t As now the maid in ftature grew , ( A ...
... fair , Was center'd more than half their care ; For Heav'n , to gratulate her birth , Gave figns of future joy to earth ; White was the robe this infant wore , And Chastity the name she bore . t As now the maid in ftature grew , ( A ...
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... fair to show , • New planted Edens seem to blow , • Trees , that delicious poison bear , • For death is vegetable there . • Hence is the frame of health unbrac'd * Each finew slack'ning at the tafte , • The foul to passion yields her ...
... fair to show , • New planted Edens seem to blow , • Trees , that delicious poison bear , • For death is vegetable there . • Hence is the frame of health unbrac'd * Each finew slack'ning at the tafte , • The foul to passion yields her ...
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