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Poems, moral and descriptive

By the late Richard Jago ... (Prepared for the press, and improved by the author, before his death.) To which is added, some account of the life and writings of Mr. Jago
Jago, Richard (1715-1781)

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EDGE-HILL:
  
LABOUR, AND GENIUS:
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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
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ADAM:
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
  
RECITATIVE.
  
RECITATIVE.
  
AIR.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.

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RECITATIVE.

Wou'd thou had'st hearken'd to my words, and stay'd
With me, as I besought thee, when that strange
Desire of wand'ring, this unhappy morn,
I know not whence possess'd thee! we had then
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Remain'd still happy; not as now despoil'd
Of all our good, shamed, naked, mis'rable!
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