...parlour of a solitary inn, over a solitary botde of wine ;" exclaiming, with Goldsmith, to his Muse, " Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keeps't me so !" drinking the health of those whom he lov'd, or singing in the sweetest of all strains such tender...

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...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for...woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so-j Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of ev'ry virtue, fare tliee well ! Farewell,...

...Poetry, thou loveliest maid,. Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, Thou fbund'st...

...shame, To catch the heart, or strive for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source...by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtuej fare thee well ! Farewel, and oh ! where'er thy voice be try'd, • On Torno's cliffs, or Pambamarca's...

...loyalty, and faithful love : And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degenerate times of...for honest fame : Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That...

...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ! Unfit, in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st...

...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride; Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, Thou found'st...

...Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still firbt to fly where sensual joys invade ; Unfit in these degen'rate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame ; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decry 'd, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride, Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That roundest...

...thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly when sensual joys invade ; Unfit, in these degen'rate days of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame : Dear charming nymph ! dejected and decried ; My shame in crowds, ray solitary pride ; Thou source of all my bliss, and...