Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English Poetry, المجلد 5Thomas Campbell John Murray, 1819 |
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... poor man's history . He was a physician at Hampstead , with very little practice , and chiefly subsisted on the invitations of the neigh- bouring gentlemen , to whom his amiable character made him acceptable ; but at his death not a ...
... poor man's history . He was a physician at Hampstead , with very little practice , and chiefly subsisted on the invitations of the neigh- bouring gentlemen , to whom his amiable character made him acceptable ; but at his death not a ...
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... poor remains of good Anselmo rest , Yet fresh and unconsumed by time or worms . What do I see ? Oh , Heaven ! either my eyes Are false , or still the marble door remains Unclosed ; the iron gates , that lead to death Beneath , are still ...
... poor remains of good Anselmo rest , Yet fresh and unconsumed by time or worms . What do I see ? Oh , Heaven ! either my eyes Are false , or still the marble door remains Unclosed ; the iron gates , that lead to death Beneath , are still ...
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... poor he's a king when he's mellow ; Grows richer than Croesus with whimsical thinking , And never knows care whilst he follows his drinking . JOHN GAY . BORN 1688. - DIED 1732 . GAY's pastorals are said to have taken with the public not ...
... poor he's a king when he's mellow ; Grows richer than Croesus with whimsical thinking , And never knows care whilst he follows his drinking . JOHN GAY . BORN 1688. - DIED 1732 . GAY's pastorals are said to have taken with the public not ...
الصفحة 69
... Poor , poor and friendless ; whither shall I wander , And to what point direct my views and hopes ? A menial servant ? No. - What , shall I live , Here in this land of freedom , live distinguish'd , And mark'd the willing slave of some ...
... Poor , poor and friendless ; whither shall I wander , And to what point direct my views and hopes ? A menial servant ? No. - What , shall I live , Here in this land of freedom , live distinguish'd , And mark'd the willing slave of some ...
الصفحة 74
... poor house affords , you may command . Our ever friendly neighbour - Once we hop'd T ' have called fair Charlotte by a dearer name- But we have done with hope - I pray excuse This incoherence- —we had once a son . [ Weeps . Agn . That ...
... poor house affords , you may command . Our ever friendly neighbour - Once we hop'd T ' have called fair Charlotte by a dearer name- But we have done with hope - I pray excuse This incoherence- —we had once a son . [ Weeps . Agn . That ...
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Æsop ALLAN RAMSAY beneath Biron blest bliss BORN bosom breast breath bright charms COLLEY CIBBER court crown'd Cuddy dear death delight e'er earth Ev'n eyes face fair fame fancy fate fear fond gentle GEORGE LILLO GEORGE SEWELL give grace grave Grongar Hill hair hand happy hast head hear heart heaven heel I three Jove LEONARD WELSTED live Lord Lubberkin maid Metis mind Moria mortal Muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain peace plain pleas'd pleasure poet praise pride rise round seem'd shade shining sighs sing sleep smile soft song soon soul spleen swain sweet swelling sylphs taste tears tell tender Thalestris thee THOMAS TICKELL THOMAS WARTON thou thought trembling turn me thrice Twas Venus vows ween WILLIAM SHENSTONE Wilm Wilmot wind wings wretch youth
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الصفحة 110 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death...
الصفحة 219 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
الصفحة 311 - Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet, Prepare thy shadowy car.
الصفحة 125 - Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near. Just in that instant, anxious Ariel sought The close recesses of the virgin's thought : As on the nosegay in her breast reclin'd, He watch'd th...
الصفحة 312 - Winter yelling through the troublous air, Affrights thy shrinking train, And rudely rends thy robes : So long, regardful of thy quiet rule, Shall Fancy, Friendship, Science, smiling Peace, Thy gentlest influence own, And love thy favourite name ! ODE TO PEACE.
الصفحة 134 - And trust me, dear ! good-humour can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail. Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll ; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
الصفحة 396 - But sure such folks could ne'er beget So sweet a girl as Sally ! She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
الصفحة 112 - Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air.
الصفحة 116 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike ; And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
الصفحة 119 - Planets through the boundless Sky. Some less refin'd, beneath the Moon's pale Light Pursue the Stars that shoot athwart the Night ; Or suck the Mists in grosser Air below, Or dip their Pinions in the painted Bow, Or brew fierce Tempests on the wintry Main, Or o'er the Glebe distil the kindly Rain.