The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred PoetryC. Whittingham, 1806 - 304 من الصفحات |
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... lost , Such favour I unworthy am vouchsaf'd , By me the promis'd Seed shall all restore . " So spake our mother Eve , and Adam heard Well pleas'd , but answer'd not ; for now too nigh Th ' Arch - Angel stood , and from the other hill To ...
... lost , Such favour I unworthy am vouchsaf'd , By me the promis'd Seed shall all restore . " So spake our mother Eve , and Adam heard Well pleas'd , but answer'd not ; for now too nigh Th ' Arch - Angel stood , and from the other hill To ...
الصفحة 43
... lost ; How inconsistent greater goods with these ; How sometimes life is risq'd , and always ease : Think , and if still these things thy envy call , Say , wouldst thou be the man to whom they fall ? To sigh for ribbands if thou art so ...
... lost ; How inconsistent greater goods with these ; How sometimes life is risq'd , and always ease : Think , and if still these things thy envy call , Say , wouldst thou be the man to whom they fall ? To sigh for ribbands if thou art so ...
الصفحة 63
... lost in certainty , and one in joy : Whilst thou , more happy pow'r , fair Charity , Triumphant sister , greatest of the three , Thy office and thy nature still the same , Lasting thy lamp , and unconsum'd thy flame , Shalt still ...
... lost in certainty , and one in joy : Whilst thou , more happy pow'r , fair Charity , Triumphant sister , greatest of the three , Thy office and thy nature still the same , Lasting thy lamp , and unconsum'd thy flame , Shalt still ...
الصفحة 66
... Lost from the moment that they first ascend , Would miss their object , tho ' attain'd its end . In love receiv'd , who view'd their bold design , The praise might take , yet just preserve the line . Officious worlds their sacred ...
... Lost from the moment that they first ascend , Would miss their object , tho ' attain'd its end . In love receiv'd , who view'd their bold design , The praise might take , yet just preserve the line . Officious worlds their sacred ...
الصفحة 72
... Lost in its depth , and blinded by its light , Hail ! thou in whom the wide extremes are seen , Of GOD Jehovah - and of man with men . All hail ! in whom concentre all in one : Hail all thou art ! and all that thou hast done ! Unrivall ...
... Lost in its depth , and blinded by its light , Hail ! thou in whom the wide extremes are seen , Of GOD Jehovah - and of man with men . All hail ! in whom concentre all in one : Hail all thou art ! and all that thou hast done ! Unrivall ...
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angels behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom bow'rs breast breath bright charms cherub clime clouds crown'd darkness death deep divine dreadful dust e'er earth eternal ev'n ev'ry ev❜n eyes fair faithless fame fate fix'd flame flow'rs gloom glory golden grace grave GRONGAR HILL hand happy hast heart heaven hermit hill horrors hour land light liquid sky live LORD lyre mighty mind MONODY morn mortal Muse nature's ne'er night o'er pain patriot war peace Petrarch Pindus plain pleas'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rais'd rise round sacred scene seraph shade shine sight silent skies smile soft solemn song soul sound spread spring swain sweet SWEET Auburn swell tears tempest thee thine thou thought thro throne toil trembling Twas vale virtue voice waking eyes wand'ring waves Whilst wild winds wings wretch
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الصفحة 19 - On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end ! Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
الصفحة 94 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
الصفحة 78 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
الصفحة 90 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But. all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
الصفحة 92 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
الصفحة 95 - Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robbed the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green...
الصفحة 89 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
الصفحة 147 - The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
الصفحة 26 - His hand to execute what his decree Fix'd on this day? Why do I overlive? Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out To deathless pain ? How gladly would I meet Mortality my sentence, and be earth Insensible ! How glad would lay me down, As in my mother's lap ? There I should rest, And sleep secure...
الصفحة 145 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...