A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison. Hughes. Sheffield. Prior. Congreve. Blackmore. Fenton. Granville. YaldenJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1795 |
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... fuch variety of powers , and fuch felicity of performance , that he always feemed to do best , that which he was doing ; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness , and general without confufion ; whofe language was co ...
... fuch variety of powers , and fuch felicity of performance , that he always feemed to do best , that which he was doing ; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness , and general without confufion ; whofe language was co ...
الصفحة 6
... fuch a feaft was made , As heart and lip defire , Withouten hands the dishes fly , The glaffes with a wifh come nigh , And with a wish retire . But , now to please the fairy king , Full every deal they laugh and fing , And antic feats ...
... fuch a feaft was made , As heart and lip defire , Withouten hands the dishes fly , The glaffes with a wifh come nigh , And with a wish retire . But , now to please the fairy king , Full every deal they laugh and fing , And antic feats ...
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... fuch fongsters idling at my gate . He ceas'd : the flies , incorrigibly vain , Heard the mayor's fpeech , and fell to fing again . AN ELEGY TO AN OLD BEAUTY . In vain , poor nymph , to please our youthful fight You fleep in cream and ...
... fuch fongsters idling at my gate . He ceas'd : the flies , incorrigibly vain , Heard the mayor's fpeech , and fell to fing again . AN ELEGY TO AN OLD BEAUTY . In vain , poor nymph , to please our youthful fight You fleep in cream and ...
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... fuch longings have their rife above . My refolution ftands confirm'd within , My lines afpiring eagerly begin ; Begin , my lines , to fuch a fubject due , That aids our labours , and rewards them too ! Begin , while Canaan opens to mine ...
... fuch longings have their rife above . My refolution ftands confirm'd within , My lines afpiring eagerly begin ; Begin , my lines , to fuch a fubject due , That aids our labours , and rewards them too ! Begin , while Canaan opens to mine ...
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... fuch engagements , could the miud controul , If holy verfes aught to music owe , Be that thy large account of thanks below : Whilft , then , the timbrels lively pleasure gave , And , now , whilst organs found fedately grave . My first ...
... fuch engagements , could the miud controul , If holy verfes aught to music owe , Be that thy large account of thanks below : Whilft , then , the timbrels lively pleasure gave , And , now , whilst organs found fedately grave . My first ...
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arms beauty Behold blefs bleft breaſt bright Cæfar Cato cauſe charms Columbo death defire Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fear fecret feems fenfe fhade fhall fhining fhould fhow fighs fight fince fing fire firſt fkies flain flame fleep fmiles foft fome fong foon forrow foul fpring ftand ftill ftreams fuch fure fweet glory goddeſs grace grief heart heaven himſelf honour infpire Jove Juba juft king laft laſt lefs loft Lord lov'd lyre maid moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pindar pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe prefent profe purſue rage rais'd raiſe reafon reft rife ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill Syphax thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand verfe verſe virtue Whilft whofe whoſe youth
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الصفحة 5 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well: Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
الصفحة 295 - With flying fingers touched the lyre : The trembling notes ascend the sky, And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above, (Such is the power of mighty love.) A dragon's fiery form belied the god : Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
الصفحة 310 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
الصفحة 472 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
الصفحة 211 - For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave, I knew thou wert not slow to hear, Nor impotent to save.
الصفحة 237 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 130 - Then to her new love let her go, And deck her in golden array, Be finest at...
الصفحة 414 - To John I ow'd great obligation ; But John unhappily thought fit To publish it to all the nation : Sure John and I are more than quit.
الصفحة 224 - Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng"d legions, and charge home upon him.
الصفحة 6 - Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...