The Pleasures of Hope: With Other PoemsMundell, 1806 - 136 Seiten |
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... give no more , 210 Tell , that his manly race shall yet assuage Their father's wrongs , and shield his latter age . What though for him no Hybla sweets distil , Nor bloomy vines wave purple on the hill ; Tell , that when silent years ...
... give no more , 210 Tell , that his manly race shall yet assuage Their father's wrongs , and shield his latter age . What though for him no Hybla sweets distil , Nor bloomy vines wave purple on the hill ; Tell , that when silent years ...
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... bleed , And holy men give scripture for the deed ; Scourg'd and debas'd , no Briton stoops to save A wretch , a coward ; yes , because a slave ! — 485 ' Eternal Nature ! when thy giant hand Had heav'd PLEASURES OF HOPE . 37.
... bleed , And holy men give scripture for the deed ; Scourg'd and debas'd , no Briton stoops to save A wretch , a coward ; yes , because a slave ! — 485 ' Eternal Nature ! when thy giant hand Had heav'd PLEASURES OF HOPE . 37.
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... give it in ! And well may Doubt , the mother of Dismay , Pause at her martyr's tomb , and read the lay . 360 Down by the wilds of yon deserted vale , It darkly hints a melancholy tale ! There , as the homeless madman sits alone , In ...
... give it in ! And well may Doubt , the mother of Dismay , Pause at her martyr's tomb , and read the lay . 360 Down by the wilds of yon deserted vale , It darkly hints a melancholy tale ! There , as the homeless madman sits alone , In ...
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... give praise in return for the pleasure he has re ceived . " We consider the prefent work as a valuable acquifition to English literature . As a collection of British Poetry and Biogra phy , it confers honour upon the Editor for genius ...
... give praise in return for the pleasure he has re ceived . " We consider the prefent work as a valuable acquifition to English literature . As a collection of British Poetry and Biogra phy , it confers honour upon the Editor for genius ...
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... gives no mean specimen of his powers . " A long poem in ftanzas , intitled the WAR - FIEND , exhibits much fublimity of thought and expreffion . The fonnets on Negro Slavery have force and beauty , and many others which we could Specify ...
... gives no mean specimen of his powers . " A long poem in ftanzas , intitled the WAR - FIEND , exhibits much fublimity of thought and expreffion . The fonnets on Negro Slavery have force and beauty , and many others which we could Specify ...
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afar ANTISTROPHE Author beauty bleed bliss boards bosom bright Charles Bell charm clime confiderable David Brewster deed deep delight Diffections doom'd dread Edinburgh edition elegance Endemic eternal fame fate feveral fhould fome foolfcap friendless fubject fuch Genius GEORGE II Gilderoy glow hand Hark hath heart Heav'n heav'nly Heraldry HISTORY hour Hussar illuftrated John Cheyne JULIUS CÆSAR life's light Loxian lyre MEDEA Mercy midnight mind mingles moſt murmur Muse Nature Nature's NOTE numbers o'er obfervations pang Peace PEACE of AMIENS pensive PLEASURES OF HOPE POEMS POETICAL poor dog Tray pow'r Prebendary prefent Price rapture Review royal 8vo.-Price sacred shade shore sigh slumber smile soothe sorrow soul spirit storm sublime sweet tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tical TOBIAS SMOLLETT trembling triumph unfathom'd uſeful vale vols watch wave weep wild winds yellow fever
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Seite 28 - He said, and on the rampart-heights arrayed His trusty warriors, few but undismayed; Firm-paced and slow, a horrid front they form. Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm...
Seite 29 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Seite 53 - By wealthless lot or pitiless command ; Or doom'd to gaze on beauties that adorn The smile of Triumph or the frown of Scorn ; While Memory watches o'er the sad review Of joys that faded like the morning dew ; Peace may depart, and life and nature seem A barren path, a wildness, and a dream...
Seite 23 - And, mark the wretch, whose wanderings never knew The world's regard, that soothes, though half untrue, Whose erring heart the lash of sorrow bore, But found not pity when it err'd no more. Yon friendless man, at whose dejected eye Th...
Seite 51 - And say, without our hopes, without our fears, Without the home that plighted love endears, Without the smile from partial beauty won, Oh ! what were man ? — a world without a sun.
Seite 2 - Tis Nature pictured too severely true. With thee, sweet HOPE! resides the heavenly light, That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way, That calls each slumbering passion into play. Waked by thy touch, I see the sister band, On tiptoe watching, start at thy command, And fly where'er thy mandate bids them steer, To Pleasure's path, or Glory's bright career.
Seite 19 - With aching temples on thy hand reclined, Muse on the last farewell I leave behind, Breathe a deep sigh to winds that murmur low, And think on all my love, and all my woe...
Seite 31 - Departed spirits of the mighty dead! Ye that at Marathon and Leuctra bled! Friends of the world! restore your swords to man, Fight in his sacred cause, and lead the van! Yet for Sarmatia's tears of blood atone, And make her arm puissant as your own! Oh! once again to Freedom's cause return The patriot TELL — the BRUCE OF BANNOCKBURN!
Seite 53 - The world was sad ! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smil'd...
Seite 25 - Come, bright improvement! on the car of time, And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore.