A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, المجلد 1Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1755 |
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Robert Dodsley. A COLLECTION O F POEMS IN FOUR VOLUMES . BY SEVERAL HAND S. LONDON : Printed by J. HUGHS , For R. and J. DoDSLEY , at Tully's - Head in Pall - Mall . M. DCCLV . ම ADVERTISEMENT . HE intent of the following Volumes .
Robert Dodsley. A COLLECTION O F POEMS IN FOUR VOLUMES . BY SEVERAL HAND S. LONDON : Printed by J. HUGHS , For R. and J. DoDSLEY , at Tully's - Head in Pall - Mall . M. DCCLV . ම ADVERTISEMENT . HE intent of the following Volumes .
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... war fufpended ftands , And Britain's heroes hold their lifted hands , Their open brows no threat'ning frowns difguife , But gentler paffions fparkle in their eyes . A 4 The The Gauls , who never in their courts could find [ 7 ] A POE M ...
... war fufpended ftands , And Britain's heroes hold their lifted hands , Their open brows no threat'ning frowns difguife , But gentler paffions fparkle in their eyes . A 4 The The Gauls , who never in their courts could find [ 7 ] A POE M ...
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... hands A warlike courfer on the canvas stands , Such as on Landen bleeding Ormond bore , Or fet young Ammon on the Granic fhore ; If chance a gen'rous fteed the work behold , He fnorts , he neighs , he champs the foamy gold : So ...
... hands A warlike courfer on the canvas stands , Such as on Landen bleeding Ormond bore , Or fet young Ammon on the Granic fhore ; If chance a gen'rous fteed the work behold , He fnorts , he neighs , he champs the foamy gold : So ...
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... hand . Far hence be driv'n to Scythia's ftormy shore The drum's harfh mufick , and the cannon's roar ; Let grim Bellona haunt the lawless plain , Where Tartar clans , and grifly Coffacks reign ; Let Let the fteel'd Turk be deaf to ...
... hand . Far hence be driv'n to Scythia's ftormy shore The drum's harfh mufick , and the cannon's roar ; Let grim Bellona haunt the lawless plain , Where Tartar clans , and grifly Coffacks reign ; Let Let the fteel'd Turk be deaf to ...
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... , And breathing labours of the fculptor's hand , Where Kneller's art fhall paint the flying Gaul , And Bourbon's woes fhall fill the story'd wall ; Heirs Heirs of thy blood shall o'er their bounteous board Fix [ 16 ]
... , And breathing labours of the fculptor's hand , Where Kneller's art fhall paint the flying Gaul , And Bourbon's woes fhall fill the story'd wall ; Heirs Heirs of thy blood shall o'er their bounteous board Fix [ 16 ]
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æther beauty becauſe beneath bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms courſe curs'd defire diftant dreadful eaſe endleſs Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fatire fear fecret feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhew fhun fide fighs filent fing firſt fkies flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftate ftill ftream fuch Gaul grace happineſs heart heav'n houſe laft laſt lefs loft mind moſt mufe muft muſe muſt ne'er night nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud publick purſue quæ quid rage raiſe reaſon reft rife ſcene ſeem ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtage ſtands ſtate ſtay ſtill ſweet thee Thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſh wou'd youth
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الصفحة 285 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
الصفحة 223 - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
الصفحة 256 - But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain...
الصفحة 200 - 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 254 - Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair ; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high atchievements does declare-; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forthcoming rod ; — unpleasing sight, I ween.
الصفحة 208 - 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 25 - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd ; or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven...
الصفحة 195 - Here let those reign, whom pensions can incite To vote a patriot black, a courtier white; Explain their country's dear-bought rights away, And plead for pirates in the face of day; With slavish tenets taint our poison'd youth, And lend a lie the confidence of truth.
الصفحة 251 - Who should not honour'd eld with these revere: For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a Mind which did that title love.
الصفحة 145 - Annuity securely made, A farm some twenty miles from town, Small, tight, salubrious, and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A...