A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, المجلد 1Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1755 |
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... turn'd Nile's fatt'ning ftreams to putrid gore ; Plenty and gladness mark'd the priest of God , And fudden almonds shot from Aaron's rod . O thou , from whom these bounteous bleffings flow , To whom , as chief , the hopes of peace we ...
... turn'd Nile's fatt'ning ftreams to putrid gore ; Plenty and gladness mark'd the priest of God , And fudden almonds shot from Aaron's rod . O thou , from whom these bounteous bleffings flow , To whom , as chief , the hopes of peace we ...
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... turn pale , And beg again to hear the dreadful tale . Such dire atchievements fings the bard that tells Of palfrey'd dames , bold knights , and magick fpells ; Where whole brigades one champion's arms o'erthrow , And cleave a giant at a ...
... turn pale , And beg again to hear the dreadful tale . Such dire atchievements fings the bard that tells Of palfrey'd dames , bold knights , and magick fpells ; Where whole brigades one champion's arms o'erthrow , And cleave a giant at a ...
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... turn'd his heart , And fitted murder to the rules of art . Ah ! curs'd ambition , to thy lures we owe All the great ills , that mortals bear below . Curs'd by the hind , when to the spoil he yields His year's whole fweat , and vainly ...
... turn'd his heart , And fitted murder to the rules of art . Ah ! curs'd ambition , to thy lures we owe All the great ills , that mortals bear below . Curs'd by the hind , when to the spoil he yields His year's whole fweat , and vainly ...
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... turns pavilions rear , And Henry's bow'rs near Blenheim's dome appear ; The weary'd champion lull in foft alcoves , The nobleft boaft of thy romantick groves . Oft , if the mufe presage , shall he be seen By Rosamonda fleeting o'er the ...
... turns pavilions rear , And Henry's bow'rs near Blenheim's dome appear ; The weary'd champion lull in foft alcoves , The nobleft boaft of thy romantick groves . Oft , if the mufe presage , shall he be seen By Rosamonda fleeting o'er the ...
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... turn God's fury from an impious age . Bleft change ! the foldier's late destroying hand Shall rear new temples in his native land , Mistaken zealots fhall with fear behold , And beg admittance in our facred fold : On her own works the ...
... turn God's fury from an impious age . Bleft change ! the foldier's late destroying hand Shall rear new temples in his native land , Mistaken zealots fhall with fear behold , And beg admittance in our facred fold : On her own works the ...
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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...