A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, المجلد 1J. Hughs, 1765 |
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الصفحة 9
... vain with pow'rs renew'd he fill'd the plain , Made tim❜rous vows , and brib'd the faints in vain . As oft his legions did the fight decline , Lurk'd in the trench , and skulk'd behind the line . Before Before his eyes the fancy'd ...
... vain with pow'rs renew'd he fill'd the plain , Made tim❜rous vows , and brib'd the faints in vain . As oft his legions did the fight decline , Lurk'd in the trench , and skulk'd behind the line . Before Before his eyes the fancy'd ...
الصفحة 11
... vain proud Gaul with boaftful Spain confpires , When English valour English beauty fires The nations dread your eyes , and kings defpair Of chiefs fo brave , till they have nymphs fo fair . See the fond wife , in tears of transport ...
... vain proud Gaul with boaftful Spain confpires , When English valour English beauty fires The nations dread your eyes , and kings defpair Of chiefs fo brave , till they have nymphs fo fair . See the fond wife , in tears of transport ...
الصفحة 14
... vain the marble breathes , the canvas glows ; To fhades obfcure the glitt'ring fword pursues The gentle Poet and defenceless Muse . A voice , like thine alone , might then affuage The warrior's fury , and controul his rage ; To hear ...
... vain the marble breathes , the canvas glows ; To fhades obfcure the glitt'ring fword pursues The gentle Poet and defenceless Muse . A voice , like thine alone , might then affuage The warrior's fury , and controul his rage ; To hear ...
الصفحة 16
... vain the nations have confpir'd her fall , Her trench the fea , and fleets her floating wall ; Defenceless barks , her powerful navy near , Have only waves and hurricanes to fear . What bold invader , or what land opprefs'd , Hath not ...
... vain the nations have confpir'd her fall , Her trench the fea , and fleets her floating wall ; Defenceless barks , her powerful navy near , Have only waves and hurricanes to fear . What bold invader , or what land opprefs'd , Hath not ...
الصفحة 23
... vain great Neptune tore the narrow ground , And meant his waters for Britannia's bound ; Her giant Genius takes a mighty ftride , And fets his foot beyond th ' incroaching tide On either bank the land its mafter knows , And in the midst ...
... vain great Neptune tore the narrow ground , And meant his waters for Britannia's bound ; Her giant Genius takes a mighty ftride , And fets his foot beyond th ' incroaching tide On either bank the land its mafter knows , And in the midst ...
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æther becauſe beneath beſt bleffings bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh charms defire diftant eaſe endleſs Engliſh Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair falſe fame fate fecret feem fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhun fide filent fing firſt fkies flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftill fuch fweet Gaul grace Grongar Hill happineſs heart heav'n houſe joys juſt kings laſt leaſt lefs loft mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud purſue quæ quid rage raiſe reafon reſt rife riſe ſcene ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtage ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſtrive ſtrong ſweet taſte thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tow'rs Unleſs uſe virtue whofe Whoſe wife wiſh youth
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الصفحة 260 - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
الصفحة 30 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
الصفحة 215 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.
الصفحة 231 - Grongar Hill Silent nymph! with curious eye Who the purple evening lie On the mountain's lonely van Beyond the noise of busy man, Painting fair the form of things...
الصفحة 209 - This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.
الصفحة 261 - ... green, On which the tribe their gambols do display ; And at the door...
الصفحة 217 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
الصفحة 131 - To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen, Some recommend the bowling-green ; Some, hilly walks ; all, exercise ; Fling but a stone, the giant dies. Laugh and be well. Monkeys have been Extreme good doctors for the Spleen ; And kitten, if the humour hit, Has harlequin'd away the fit.
الصفحة 234 - That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
الصفحة 265 - On thee she calls, on thee her parent dear! . . (Ah ! too remote to ward the shameful blow!) She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow ; And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe.