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" LET the nymph still avoid and be deaf to the swain Who in transports of passion affects to complain, For his rage, not his love, in that frenzy is shown, And the blast that blows loudest is soon overblown. "
The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 255
by British poets - 1822
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Plays and Poems

Tobias Smollett - English drama - 1777 - 336 pages
...calm. SONG. I. Let the nymph ftill avoid, and be deaf to the fwain Who in tranfports of paffion aftefts to complain ; .For his rage, not his love, in that frenzy is fhewn ; And the blaft that blows loudeft is foon o'erblown. II. But the fhepherd whom Cupid has pierc'd...
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A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments ..., Volume 2

English drama - 1783 - 382 pages
...calm. SONG. I. Let the nymph ftill avoid and be deaf to the fwain Who in transports of paffion affefts to complain : For his rage, not his love, in that frenzy is mown ; And the blail that blows loudeft is foon overblown, II. But the fhepherd whom Cupid has pierc'd...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M. D.: The adventures of ...

Tobias Smollett - English fiction - 1796 - 526 pages
...calm. SONG. I.BT the nyrrtph ftill avoid, and be deaf to the fwain, Who in tranfports of pafCon affc&s to complain ; For his rage, not his love, in that frenzy is fhown, And the blaft that blows loudefl is foon overblown. it. But the fhepheid whom Cupid has pierc'd...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: W. Thompson, Blair ...

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 686 pages
...from the picture I draw. SOJÍG FROM THE SA5IE. T.ETthe nymph still avoid, and be deaf to the strain Who in transports of passion affects to complain ; For his rage, not his love, in that frenzy is sbo»i.; And the blast that blows loudest is soon о'етЫап. But the shepherd whom Cupid has pierc'd...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 682 pages
...slioni; And the blast that blows loudest is soon o'erblos-D. But the shepherd whom Cupid has pierc'd to the heart Will submissive adore, and rejoice in the smart; Or in plaintive soft murmurs, his bosom-frits** Like the smooth gliding current of rivets will flaw. Tho' silent his tongue, he will...
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The adventures of Peregrine Pickle, pt. 2. Plays and Poems

Tobias Smollett - 1811 - 546 pages
...vid soverain empire over my 'art—you rouse me into one storm—you -sing me into .one calm. SONG. Let the nymph still avoid, and be deaf to the swain,...And the blast that blows loudest is soon overblown. n. But the shepherd whom Cupid has piere'd to the heart. Will submissive adore, and rejoice in the...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D.: The adventures of ...

Tobias Smollett, Robert Anderson - 1820 - 544 pages
...soverain empire sover my 'art — you rouse me into one storm — you sing me into one calm. SONG, i. Let the nymph still avoid, and be deaf to the swain,...complain ; For his rage, not his love, in that frenzy is shewn. And the blast that blows loudest is soon overblown. II. But the shepherd whom Cupid has pierc'd...
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The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 276 pages
...than human 's there ; I must submit, for strife is vain, 'Twas Destiny that forged the chain. SONG. 1 LET the nymph still avoid and be deaf to the swain,...And the blast that blows loudest is soon overblown. 2 But the shepherd whom Cupid has pierced to the heart, Will submissive adore, and rejoice in the smart...
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The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1855 - 272 pages
...than human 's there ; I must submit, for strife is vain, 'Twas Destiny that forged the chain. SONG. 1 LET the nymph still avoid and be deaf to the swain,...And the blast that blows loudest is soon overblown. 2 But the shepherd whom Cupid has pierced to the heart, Will submissive adore, and rejoice in the smart...
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An index to familiar quotations selected principally from British authors ...

John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 pages
...oath, "Arcades ambo," id at — blackguards both. BYRON. — Don Juan, Canto IV. Stanza 08. BLAST. — His rage, not his love, in that frenzy is shown, And the blast that blows loudest is soon overblown. SMOLLETT. — Song, Verse 1 . Sideral blast, Vapour, and mist, and exhalation hot, Corrupt and pestilent....
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