Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail!Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spreadO'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way,And orient pearls from ev'ry shrub depend.
Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail!Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spreadO'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way,And orient pearl… - William Somervile
Hail, gentle Dawn! mild blushing goddess, hail!Rejoic'd I see thy purple mantle spreadO'er half the skies, gems pave thy radiant way,And orient pearl…
- William Somervile
Fortune is like a widow won,And truckles to the bold alone. - William Somervile
Fortune is like a widow won,And truckles to the bold alone.
For the next inn he spurs amain, In haste alights, and skuds away, But time and tide for no man stay. - William Somervile
For the next inn he spurs amain, In haste alights, and skuds away, But time and tide for no man stay.
Let all the learned say what they can, 'tis ready money makes the man. - William Somervile
Let all the learned say what they can, 'tis ready money makes the man.
The bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings. - William Somervile
The bird That glads the night had cheer'd the listening groves with sweet complainings.
Prostrate on earth the bleeding warrior lies, And Isr'el's beauty on the mountains dies. How are the mighty fallen! Hush'd be my sorrow, gently fall … - William Somervile
Prostrate on earth the bleeding warrior lies, And Isr'el's beauty on the mountains dies. How are the mighty fallen! Hush'd be my sorrow, gently fall …
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