 | Poems - 1775 - 518 Seiten
...imagin'd victory purfues, And the kind maid with foft attention views ; Contemplates now her fhape, her air, her face, And thinks each feature wears an...oft defpair the growing flame deftroys ; Sometimes with.fmiles receive him, fometimes tears, And wifely balance both his hopes and fears. Perhaps he mourns... | |
 | 1782 - 518 Seiten
...imagin'd viftory purfues, And the kind maid with foft attention views; Contemplates now her fhape, her air, her face, And thinks each feature wears an...defpair the growing flame deftroys ; Sometimes with inules receive him, fometimes tcarsj And wifely balance both his hopes and fears. Perhaps he mourns... | |
 | Alice Morse Earle, Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford - 1893 - 242 Seiten
...imagined victory pursnes, And the kind maid with soft attention views, Contemplates now her shape, her air, her face, And thinks each feature wears an added grace ; 'Till gratitnde which first his bosom proves, By slow degrees sublim'd, at length he loves. 'Tis harder still... | |
 | Roger Lonsdale, Roger H. Lonsdale - 1990 - 612 Seiten
...imagined victory pursues, And the kind maid with soft attention views, Contemplates now her shape, her air, her face, And thinks each feature wears an added grace; Till gratitude, which first his bosom proves, By slow degrees sublimed, at length he loves. Tis harder still to fix than... | |
 | 1750 - 664 Seiten
...imagin'd victory purities, And the kind maid with lift «;tcution views; Contemplates now her Ibape, her air, her face, And thinks each feature wears an added grace; Till gratitude, which ürft his bolom proves, By flow degrees fubiim'd, at length lie loves. 'Tis harder llill to fix than... | |
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Tis harder still to fix than gain a heart; What's won by beauty must be kept by art. Too kind a treatment the blest lover cloys, And oft despair the growing flame destroys... 