The Fan : A Poem. Book III. (John Gay Poems)
Thus Mommus spoke. When sage Minerva rose,From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows,Her skilful hand an ivory pallet grac'd,Where shining ...
Thus Mommus spoke. When sage Minerva rose,From her sweet lips smooth elocution flows,Her skilful hand an ivory pallet grac'd,Where shining ...
Olympus' gates unfold: in heaven's high towersAppear in council all the immortal powers;Great Jove above the rest exalted sate,And in ...
Nay, deem me not insensible, Cesario,To female charms; nor think this heart of mineIs cas'd in adamant; because, forsooth,I cannot ...
0 woman, in man's hour of easeAnd plenty, how you strive to please!To win his heart - and purse - ...
There's a barrel-organ carolling across a golden street In the City as the sun sinks low; And the music's not ...
IThe shepherd, with his eye on hazy South,Has told of rain upon the fall of day.But promise is there none ...
I. Sylvia, methinks you are unfit Sylvia, methinks you are unfit For your great Lord's embrace; For tho' we all ...
HORACEWhen you were mine in auld lang syne, And when none else your charms might ogle, I'll not ...
"TWO ladies fair, in lively chat; Began to talk of this and that:- Cries Celia, ""why within the door Of ...
The diggers came from Bendigo, From Albury the drovers,From where the Goulburn waters flowCame bearded teamsters travelling slow. ...
HEWhen you were mine, in auld lang syne, And when none else your charms might ogle,I'll not deny, fair nymph, ...
Tell me, Dorinda, why so gay, Why such embroid'ry, fringe, and lace? Can any dresses find a way To stop ...
Upon the Professor we'll waste not a glance, Since he has no eyes for us poor terrestrials;With his heart can ...
HORACE When you were mine in auld lang syne, And when none else your charms might ogle, I'll not deny, ...
Ah blame me not, Catcott, if from the right way My notions and actions run far. How can my ideas ...
Part 1 WHAT dire Offence from am'rous Causes springs, What mighty Contests rise from trivial Things, I sing -- This ...
She said: the pitying audience melt in tears, But Fate and Jove had stopp'd the Baron's ears. In vain Thalestris ...
'Twas in the year of 1889, and in the month of June, Ten thousand people met with a fearful doom, ...
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