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الصفحة 8
Oh vers ' d in arts ! whose daring thoughts aspire , To kindle clay with never -
dying fire ! Enjoy thy glory past , that gift was thine ; The next thy creature meets ,
be fairly mine : And such a gift , a vengeance fo design ' d , As suits the counsel of
a ...
Oh vers ' d in arts ! whose daring thoughts aspire , To kindle clay with never -
dying fire ! Enjoy thy glory past , that gift was thine ; The next thy creature meets ,
be fairly mine : And such a gift , a vengeance fo design ' d , As suits the counsel of
a ...
الصفحة 14
Yet here and there we grant a gentle bride , Whose temper betters by the father '
s side ; Unlike the rest that double human care , Fond to relieve , or refolute to
share : Happy the man whom thus his stars advance ! The curse is gen ' ral , but
the ...
Yet here and there we grant a gentle bride , Whose temper betters by the father '
s side ; Unlike the rest that double human care , Fond to relieve , or refolute to
share : Happy the man whom thus his stars advance ! The curse is gen ' ral , but
the ...
الصفحة 35
Now whilst he gaz ' d , a Gallant drest In flaunting robes above the rest , With
awful accent cry ' d ; What mortal of a wretched mind , Whose fighs infect the
balmy wind , Has here presum ' d to hide ? At this the swain , whose vent ' rous
soul No ...
Now whilst he gaz ' d , a Gallant drest In flaunting robes above the rest , With
awful accent cry ' d ; What mortal of a wretched mind , Whose fighs infect the
balmy wind , Has here presum ' d to hide ? At this the swain , whose vent ' rous
soul No ...
الصفحة 57
She gave to Mars the maid , whose honour ' d womb . Swell ' d with the founder of
immortal Rome . Decoy ' d by fhows the Sabin dames she led , And taught our vig
' rous youth the means to wed . Hence sprung the Romans , hence the race ...
She gave to Mars the maid , whose honour ' d womb . Swell ' d with the founder of
immortal Rome . Decoy ' d by fhows the Sabin dames she led , And taught our vig
' rous youth the means to wed . Hence sprung the Romans , hence the race ...
الصفحة 67
Of brave Troxartas ' line , whose sleeky down In love compress ' d Lychomile the
brown . My mother she , and princess of the plains Where - e ' er her father
Pternotractas reigns : Born where a cabin lifts its airy shed , With figs , with nuts ,
with ...
Of brave Troxartas ' line , whose sleeky down In love compress ' d Lychomile the
brown . My mother she , and princess of the plains Where - e ' er her father
Pternotractas reigns : Born where a cabin lifts its airy shed , With figs , with nuts ,
with ...
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الصفحة 134 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
الصفحة 140 - Thy prayer, thy praise, thy life to vice unknown, In sweet memorial rise before the throne: These charms success in our bright region...
الصفحة 96 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
الصفحة 124 - Arms, angels, epitaphs and bones, These (all the poor remains of state) Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give.
الصفحة 129 - Know God — and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
الصفحة 127 - Whither, O whither art thou fled, To lay thy meek contented head ? What happy region dost thou please To make the seat of calms and ease ? " Ambition searches all its sphere Of pomp and state to meet thee there.
الصفحة 21 - Ye nightingales, ye twisting pines ! Ye swains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes, breezy winds! Ye close retreats of love ! With all of nature, all of art...
الصفحة 94 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
الصفحة 37 - At close of eve he leaves his home, And wends to find the ruin'd dome, All on the gloomy plain. As there he bides, it...
الصفحة 141 - With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver...