Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas Tomkinseditor, and J. Wallis, 1780 - 204 Seiten |
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... wind , And lines and meshes loosely float behind . All these as means of toil the feeble fee , But these are helps to pleasure join'd with thee . Let floth lie foft'ning ' till high noon in down , Or lolling fan her in the fultry town ...
... wind , And lines and meshes loosely float behind . All these as means of toil the feeble fee , But these are helps to pleasure join'd with thee . Let floth lie foft'ning ' till high noon in down , Or lolling fan her in the fultry town ...
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... wind , and crushing rain , " Beat keen and heavy on thy tender years ? " O let me now into a richer foil " Tranfplant thee fafe ! where vernal funs and fhow'rs " Diffufe their warmeft , largeft influence ; " And of my garden be the ...
... wind , and crushing rain , " Beat keen and heavy on thy tender years ? " O let me now into a richer foil " Tranfplant thee fafe ! where vernal funs and fhow'rs " Diffufe their warmeft , largeft influence ; " And of my garden be the ...
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... winds forbid to flow ; What present shall the mufe to Dorset bring , Or how , fo near the pole , attempt to fing ? The hoary winter here conceals from fight , All pleafing objects that to verfe invite . The hills and dales , and the ...
... winds forbid to flow ; What present shall the mufe to Dorset bring , Or how , fo near the pole , attempt to fing ? The hoary winter here conceals from fight , All pleafing objects that to verfe invite . The hills and dales , and the ...
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... winds defy , While rattling chariots o'er the ocean fly . The vaft leviathan wants room to play , And fpout his waters in the face of day , The ftarving wolves along the main fea prowl , And to the moon in icy vallies howl . For many a ...
... winds defy , While rattling chariots o'er the ocean fly . The vaft leviathan wants room to play , And fpout his waters in the face of day , The ftarving wolves along the main fea prowl , And to the moon in icy vallies howl . For many a ...
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... wind arife , The brittle foreft into atoms flies : The crackling wood beneath the tempeft bends , And in a spangled fhow'r the prospect ends . Or , if a fouthern gale the region warm , And by degrees unbind the wintry charm , The ...
... wind arife , The brittle foreft into atoms flies : The crackling wood beneath the tempeft bends , And in a spangled fhow'r the prospect ends . Or , if a fouthern gale the region warm , And by degrees unbind the wintry charm , The ...
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æther beauty beſt beſtow bleffings blifs bloom bluſh bofom breaſt breath charms cheek DAVID GARRICK defcends e'er eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek fhade fhall figh filent filver fing firſt fleep flow flow'rs fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread friendſhip ftill fuch fweet glow goodneſs grace grove happineſs heart heav'n hour laſt luftre lyre mind moffy morn moſt mourn mufe mufic muſt nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions peace pleaſing pleaſure Plutus pow'r praife praiſe pride raiſe reft reſt rife riſe rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhed ſhine ſhould ſkies ſky ſmiling ſpread ſpring ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſtream ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe Whoſe wiſh youth
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Seite 150 - Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Seite 81 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Seite 186 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Seite 178 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Seite 183 - Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Seite 193 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Seite 99 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Seite 82 - Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Seite 149 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Seite 185 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade; And young and old come forth to play On.