The works in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Band 2R. and J. Dodsley, 1764 - 352 Seiten |
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Seite 332 - And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which Learning near her little dome did...
Seite 228 - WRITTEN AT AN INN AT HENLEY To thee, fair freedom! I retire From flattery, cards, and dice, and din; Nor art thou found in mansions higher Than the low cot, or humble inn. 'Tis here with boundless power I reign; And every health which I begin, Converts dull port to bright champagne; Such freedom crowns it, at an inn.
Seite 336 - But, ah! what pen his piteous plight may trace, Or what device his loud laments explain...
Seite 340 - Those sauntering on the green, with jocund leer Salute the stranger passing on his way ; Some builden fragile tenements of clay ; Some to the standing lake their courses bend, With pebbles smooth at duck and drake to play ; Thilk to the huxter's sav'ry cottage tend, In pastry kings and queens th
Seite 228 - Such freedom crowns it at an inn. I fly from pomp, I fly from plate, I fly from falsehood's specious grin! Freedom I love, and form I hate, And choose my lodgings at an inn.
Seite 337 - Whence oft with sugar'd cates she doth 'em greet, And ginger-bread y-rare; now, certes, doubly sweet! XXIV. See to their seats they hye with merry glee, And in beseemly order sitten there; All but the wight of bum y-galled, he Abhorreth bench and stool, and fourm...
Seite 334 - And warn'd them not the fretful to deride, But love each other dear, whatever them betide.
Seite 335 - Lo now with state she utters the command ! Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair ; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair: The work so gay that on their back is seen, St. George's high achievements does declare ; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forth-coming rod, unpleasing sight, I ween...
Seite 339 - Low lays the house which that of cards doth build, Shall Dennis be ! if rigid Fates incline ; And many an epic to his rage...
Seite 126 - Are there not broken rocks and rugged grounds to which we can hardly attribute either beauty or grandeur; and yet when introduced near an extent of lawn, impart a pleasure equal to more shapely scenes?