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Did China ' s monarch here in Britain doze , And was , like western Kings , a King
of Prose , Thy song could cure his Asiatic spleen , 35 And make him wish to see
and to be seen ; That solemn vein of irony so fine , Which , ė ' en Reviewers own
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Did China ' s monarch here in Britain doze , And was , like western Kings , a King
of Prose , Thy song could cure his Asiatic spleen , 35 And make him wish to see
and to be seen ; That solemn vein of irony so fine , Which , ė ' en Reviewers own
...
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From leaf to leaf , from song to song , He draws the tadpole form along ; He
mounts the gilded edge before ; He ' s up , he scuds the cover o ' er ; ' He turns ,
he doubles - - there he pass ' d ; And here we have him , caught at last . Insatiate
brute ...
From leaf to leaf , from song to song , He draws the tadpole form along ; He
mounts the gilded edge before ; He ' s up , he scuds the cover o ' er ; ' He turns ,
he doubles - - there he pass ' d ; And here we have him , caught at last . Insatiate
brute ...
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... the strong cadence of his Roman song , But , ah ! how Stillness slept upon the
ground , How mute attention check ' d each rising sound , Scarce stole a breeze
to wave the leafy spray , Scarce trilld sweet Philomel her softest lay , When Locke
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... the strong cadence of his Roman song , But , ah ! how Stillness slept upon the
ground , How mute attention check ' d each rising sound , Scarce stole a breeze
to wave the leafy spray , Scarce trilld sweet Philomel her softest lay , When Locke
...
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Then Music left her sphere on high , And bore each strain of triumph from the sky
; Swell ' d the loud song , and to my chiefs around Pour ' d the full pæans of
mellifluous sound . My Naiads blythe the dying accents caught , And listening
danc ...
Then Music left her sphere on high , And bore each strain of triumph from the sky
; Swell ' d the loud song , and to my chiefs around Pour ' d the full pæans of
mellifluous sound . My Naiads blythe the dying accents caught , And listening
danc ...
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He ' ll lead thee ( go with him along ) Where Greene ' s sweet Muse attunes her
song , And plays her not unusual part , Mixing simplicity with art . Thy Genius
shall according move , And , self - approving , her approve . ODE TO
MELANCHOLY ...
He ' ll lead thee ( go with him along ) Where Greene ' s sweet Muse attunes her
song , And plays her not unusual part , Mixing simplicity with art . Thy Genius
shall according move , And , self - approving , her approve . ODE TO
MELANCHOLY ...
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Términos y frases comunes
appear awful bard beauty beneath Bids blessing boast breast breath bring brow courts crowd dare deep dome ev'ry fair fame fate fire foes Freedom garden give glories grace hand happy head hear heart Heaven hour Isis kind King lead leave light maid mind Muse Nature o'er once pale peace Persian plain pleasure poet poor pow'r praise pride proud rage rest rise roll round sacred scene secret seen sense shade Shepherd SHILLING shine sigh sing slave smile smoke soft song sons soul sound sport spread spring stand steps stream strike sublime sweet taste taught tear tender thee thine thou thought tow'r train trembling truth vale Verse virtue wanting waste waves wild wings youth
Pasajes populares
Página 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 favorite name ! THE PASSIONS.
Página 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...
Página 49 - 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.
Página 48 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Página 30 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east.
Página 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...
Página 30 - mang the dewy weet, Wi' spreckled breast! When upward-springing, blithe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce rear'd above the parent earth Thy tender form. The flaunting flow'rs our gardens yield, High shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield, But thou, beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field Unseen, alane.
Página 66 - Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Página 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...
Página 118 - Immersed in rapturous thought profound, And Melancholy, silent maid With leaden eye, that loves the ground, Still on thy solemn steps attend ; Warm Charity, the general friend, With Justice to herself severe, And Pity, dropping soft the sadly-pleasing tear. Oh, gently on thy suppliant's head, Dread Goddess, lay thy chastening hand ! Not in thy Gorgon terrors clad...
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| Título | The Beauties of English Poetry: Selected from the Most Esteemed Authors, ... Containing Several Original Pieces, Never Before Published, Volumen2 Volumen2 de The Beauties of English Poetry, Peter Pindar The Beauties of English Poetry: Selected from the Most Esteemed Authors, ... Containing Several Original Pieces, Never Before Published, Peter Pindar |
| Autor | Peter Pindar |
| Editor | W. Spilsbury, 1804 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 11 Jul. 2007 |
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