 ... Gift (as antient Memoirs say) A just Reward for many a well-work'd Day! With active haste her nimble Fingers move, Curl the gay Vine and form the mimick Grove; But as her Needle with resistless Force, Through doubl'd Plaits push'd on its rapid Course,...  The Thimble: An Heroi-comical Poem, in Four Cantos - Página 8de William Hawkins - 1744 - 27 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...Grove ; But as her Needle with reíiftleís Force, Through doubl'd Plaits pufh'd on its rapid Courie, The treach'rous Weapon broke, — the headlefs Dart...Her Finger gor'd, and pierc'd her ---- to the Heart; f The purple Blood diftain'd her Arm around, And half her Soul came ruihing through the Wound:: Then,... | |
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