The beauties of English poetry, selected from the most esteemed authors, by dr. Wolcot, المجلد 2John Wolcot 1804 |
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الصفحة 26
... foe . Cold is her breast , like flowers that drink the dew ; A silken veil conceals her from the view . No wild desires amidst thy train be known , But Faith , whose heart is fix'd on one alone ; Desponding Meekness with her downcast ...
... foe . Cold is her breast , like flowers that drink the dew ; A silken veil conceals her from the view . No wild desires amidst thy train be known , But Faith , whose heart is fix'd on one alone ; Desponding Meekness with her downcast ...
الصفحة 43
... foes ; The savage gluts his fierce desires , And bleating innocence expires . Slander smil'd horribly , to view How wide her conquests daily grew : Around the crowded levees wait , Like oriental slaves of state ; Of either sex whole ...
... foes ; The savage gluts his fierce desires , And bleating innocence expires . Slander smil'd horribly , to view How wide her conquests daily grew : Around the crowded levees wait , Like oriental slaves of state ; Of either sex whole ...
الصفحة 63
... domestic vermin sworn An everlasting foe , with watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap , Sure ruin . So her disembowel'd web Arachne , in Protending her fell claws , to thoughtless mice THE SPLENDID SHILLING . 63.
... domestic vermin sworn An everlasting foe , with watchful eye Lies nightly brooding o'er a chinky gap , Sure ruin . So her disembowel'd web Arachne , in Protending her fell claws , to thoughtless mice THE SPLENDID SHILLING . 63.
الصفحة 64
... foes , and to her cave Their bulky carcases triumphant drags . So pass my days . But , when nocturnal shades This world envelop , and th ' inclement air Persuades men to repel benumbing frosts With pleasant wines , and crackling blaze ...
... foes , and to her cave Their bulky carcases triumphant drags . So pass my days . But , when nocturnal shades This world envelop , and th ' inclement air Persuades men to repel benumbing frosts With pleasant wines , and crackling blaze ...
الصفحة 73
John Wolcot. " Here Ignorance , and Hunger fell , " Two foes in one , I sent to Hell ! " Ye poets , who my labours see , " Come share the triumph all with me ! " Ye critics ! born to vex the Muse , " To mourn the grand ally you lose ...
John Wolcot. " Here Ignorance , and Hunger fell , " Two foes in one , I sent to Hell ! " Ye poets , who my labours see , " Come share the triumph all with me ! " Ye critics ! born to vex the Muse , " To mourn the grand ally you lose ...
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adorn'd awful bard beneath bids blessing blest boast breast breath Brentford brow charms cheek CLODIO convey'd cried crowd crown'd dare dome e'en e'er Emperor of China Ev'n ev'ry fair fame Fancy fane Fannius fate fix'd flow'rs foes Freedom Freedom calls gibbets glories grace groves guiltless hand hark head heart Heroic Epistle impious Isis Jemmy Twitcher Lacedemon lie Fit lov'd maid majestic mind Muse ne'er numbers nymph o'er pale paleful rivers patriot peace PETER PINDAR PINDAR plain plann'd pleas'd poet poison'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rise round sacred sage scene Scylla or Charybdis shade shepherds shine shore sighs Sir William Chambers Slander slave smile smiling train soft solemn song sons soul sport spring Stephen Duck stream sublime swain sweet tear tender thee thine thou tow'r train trembling truth vale Verse virtue waves wild wings youth
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الصفحة 50 - 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.
الصفحة 48 - If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
الصفحة 32 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering Worth is...
الصفحة 66 - Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
الصفحة 60 - Happy the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling: he nor hears with pain New oysters cried, nor sighs for cheerful ale; But with his friends, when nightly mists arise, To Juniper's Magpie or...
الصفحة 117 - Thy form benign, oh goddess, wear, Thy milder influence impart, Thy philosophic train be there To soften, not to wound my heart. The generous spark extinct revive, Teach me to love and to forgive, Exact my own defects to scan, What others are, to feel, and know myself a man.
الصفحة 120 - Heaven has brought me to the state you see; And your condition may be soon like mine, The Child of Sorrow and of Misery...
الصفحة 50 - Or find some ruin midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds or driving rain Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut That, from the mountain's side, Views wilds and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discover'd spires ; And hears their simple bell; and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
الصفحة 61 - Wisheth her health, and joy, and equal love. Meanwhile, he smokes, and laughs at merry tale, Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. But I, whom griping Penury surrounds, And Hunger, sure attendant upon Want, With scanty offals...
الصفحة 31 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i