The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed authors, by dr. Wolcot, المجلد 1John Wolcot 1804 |
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الصفحة 15
... told , Wings raise her arms , and wings her feet infold ; A thousand busy tongues the Goddess bears , And thousand open eyes , and thousand list'ning ears . Beneath , in order rang'd , the tuneful NINE ( Her virgin handmaids ) still ...
... told , Wings raise her arms , and wings her feet infold ; A thousand busy tongues the Goddess bears , And thousand open eyes , and thousand list'ning ears . Beneath , in order rang'd , the tuneful NINE ( Her virgin handmaids ) still ...
الصفحة 26
... told ; And all who told it added something new , And all who heard it made enlargements too ; In ev'ry ear it spread , on ev'ry tongue it grew . Thus flying east and west , and north and south , News travell'd with increase from mouth ...
... told ; And all who told it added something new , And all who heard it made enlargements too ; In ev'ry ear it spread , on ev'ry tongue it grew . Thus flying east and west , and north and south , News travell'd with increase from mouth ...
الصفحة 52
... to the spicy nut - brown ale , With stories told of many a feat , How faery MAB the junkets eat , She was pinch'd and pull'd , she said , And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how the'drudging Goblin swet , To earn his cream 52 L'ALLEGRO .
... to the spicy nut - brown ale , With stories told of many a feat , How faery MAB the junkets eat , She was pinch'd and pull'd , she said , And he by friar's lantern led ; Tells how the'drudging Goblin swet , To earn his cream 52 L'ALLEGRO .
الصفحة 60
... told The story of CAMBUSCAN bold , Of CAMBALL , and of ALGARSIFE , And who had CANACE to wife , That own'd the virtuous ring and glass , And of the wond'rous horse of brass , On which the Tartar king did ride ; And if aught else great ...
... told The story of CAMBUSCAN bold , Of CAMBALL , and of ALGARSIFE , And who had CANACE to wife , That own'd the virtuous ring and glass , And of the wond'rous horse of brass , On which the Tartar king did ride ; And if aught else great ...
الصفحة 79
... told , Sir TOPAZ mov'd , The youth of EDITH erst approv❜d , To see the revel scene : At close of eve he leaves his home , And wends to find the ruin'd dome All on the gloomy plain . As there he bides , it so befell , The wind came ...
... told , Sir TOPAZ mov'd , The youth of EDITH erst approv❜d , To see the revel scene : At close of eve he leaves his home , And wends to find the ruin'd dome All on the gloomy plain . As there he bides , it so befell , The wind came ...
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appear'd arms bards beauty behold blush boast bosom bow'r breast breath bring charms clouds cries crown'd Dæmons dear delight drest DRYAD EDWIN ELEGY ENGLISH POETRY ev'ry eyes fair FAIR-ONE fairies fame fate fav'rite fire flame fond gentle glowing Goddess gold golden grace grief grove HAFEZ haste hath hear heart Heav'n heave honour immortal Israel JULIA light loud lover MADRIGAL maid MIRTH mourn Muse ne'er night Nymph o'er OBERON ORPHEUS pale passion PETRARCH PINCHBECK PINDAR pity plain Pleas'd pleasure pow'r praise rais'd RICHARD JAGO rill rise roof scene seem'd shade shone shrine sigh sight sing Sir TOPAZ skies smile song sorrows soul sound spectres stream stretch'd swains sweet tale tears tempest THEBES thee thine thou thousand thro throne thunder tow'ring train Twas vale ween wild wind wing wish WOLCOT wretch youth ZEPHYR
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الصفحة 57 - And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing...
الصفحة 60 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But, O sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower! Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek!
الصفحة 50 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow, Through the sweetbriar or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
الصفحة 48 - Hence loathed Melancholy Of Cerberus and blackest midnight born, In Stygian Cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy, Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
الصفحة 60 - That own'd the virtuous ring and glass ; And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride : And if aught else great bards beside In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of turneys, and of trophies hung, Of forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear.
الصفحة 59 - The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook ; And of those daemons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true consent With planet, or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops...
الصفحة 53 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
الصفحة 54 - Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild. And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse...
الصفحة 48 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
الصفحة 56 - But hail! thou Goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's...