The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot] ... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes |
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MADRIGAL.
[Ah! say not that the bard grows old—]
Ah! say not that the bard grows old—
For what to me are passing years?
I feel not Age's palsied cold—
To-day like yesterday appears.
For what to me are passing years?
I feel not Age's palsied cold—
To-day like yesterday appears.
When beauty beams, the world is gay!
What mortal is not then alive?
Thus kindling at its magic ray,
Fourscore leaps back to twenty-five.
What mortal is not then alive?
Thus kindling at its magic ray,
Fourscore leaps back to twenty-five.
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