A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 40
Página 6
... glory'd in a happy captive's name ; Nor wou'd I now , cou'd Love permit , be free , But leave to brutes their favage liberty . And art thou then , fond fwain , fecure of joy ? Can no reverse thy flatt'ring bliss destroy ? Has treach ...
... glory'd in a happy captive's name ; Nor wou'd I now , cou'd Love permit , be free , But leave to brutes their favage liberty . And art thou then , fond fwain , fecure of joy ? Can no reverse thy flatt'ring bliss destroy ? Has treach ...
Página 20
... heav'n protects a thankless world For her own glory , nor expects reward . Pleas'd with the noble theme , her talk the Mufe Purfues untir'd , and through the palace roves With ever - new delight . The tap'stry rich With With [ 20 ]
... heav'n protects a thankless world For her own glory , nor expects reward . Pleas'd with the noble theme , her talk the Mufe Purfues untir'd , and through the palace roves With ever - new delight . The tap'stry rich With With [ 20 ]
Página 23
... glory , once was rais'd A meaner trophy , by th ' Imperial hand ; Extorted gratitude ; which now the rage Of Malice impotent , beseeming ill A regal breaft , has levell'd to the ground : B 4 Mean 1 Mean infult ! this with better ...
... glory , once was rais'd A meaner trophy , by th ' Imperial hand ; Extorted gratitude ; which now the rage Of Malice impotent , beseeming ill A regal breaft , has levell'd to the ground : B 4 Mean 1 Mean infult ! this with better ...
Página 28
... glory fire , Yet taught by cuftom's force , and bigot fear , To ferve with pride , and boast the yoke they bear : Whofe Nobles born to cringe , and to command , In courts a mean , in camps a gen'rous band ; From each low tool of pow'r ...
... glory fire , Yet taught by cuftom's force , and bigot fear , To ferve with pride , and boast the yoke they bear : Whofe Nobles born to cringe , and to command , In courts a mean , in camps a gen'rous band ; From each low tool of pow'r ...
Página 29
... glory , faction , pow'r and pride , ( Sure judge how empty all , who all had try'd ) Beneath his palms the weary Chief repos'd , And life's great scene in quiet Virtue clos'd . With shame that other fam'd retreat I fee Adorn'd by Art ...
... glory , faction , pow'r and pride , ( Sure judge how empty all , who all had try'd ) Beneath his palms the weary Chief repos'd , And life's great scene in quiet Virtue clos'd . With shame that other fam'd retreat I fee Adorn'd by Art ...
Términos y frases comunes
ARCHIMAGE bards Bavius beſt bleft blifs bluſh boaſt bofom breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms cou'd defire Delia delight difdain Druids eaſe Edward EPIGRAM erft Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fage fair falfe fame fenfe fhade fhall fhine fing firft firſt flame flave flow'ry fmiles foft fome fong fons foon footh form'd foul fov'reign fpirit ftill ftream fuch fure fweet GARTER gen'rous glorious glory heart heav'n heav'nly honour immortal infpire juft juftice king lefs loft lov'd lyre mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt nature's o'er paffion pain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride prince publick rage raiſe reafon reft rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhould sk sk ſmile ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtore ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro throne toils train truth uſe verſe vex'd virtue virtue's whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh wou'd
Pasajes populares
Página 269 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Página 267 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Página 79 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove...
Página 265 - Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Página 264 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Página 46 - Tell me, my heart, if this be love? If she some other youth commend, Though I was once his fondest friend, His instant enemy I prove: Tell me, my heart, if this be love?
Página 37 - To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre, If high exalted on the Throne of Wit, Near Me and Homer thou afpire to...
Página 70 - VII. Where were ye, Mufes, when relentlefs fate From thefe fond arms your fair difciple tore, From thefe fond arms that vainly ftrove With haplefs...
Página 2 - Damon came, unknowing where he ftray'd, Full of the image of his beauteous maid : His flock far off, unfed, untended lay, To ev'ry favage a defencelefs prey ; No fenfe of int'reft could their matter move, And ev'ry care feem'd trifling now but Love. Awhile in penfive filence he remain'd> But tho...
Página 43 - Seek to be good, but aim not to be great: A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.