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Página 71
Of human things , least changeable , leaft vain ; Yet all must with the gen'ral
doom comply , • And this great glorious pow'r , tho ' last , muft die ! Now let us
leave this earth , and lift our eye • To the large convex of yon ' azure sky : Behold
it like ...
Of human things , least changeable , leaft vain ; Yet all must with the gen'ral
doom comply , • And this great glorious pow'r , tho ' last , muft die ! Now let us
leave this earth , and lift our eye • To the large convex of yon ' azure sky : Behold
it like ...
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O ! had I now review'd the famous cause Which gave my righteous youth fo just
applause , In vain ... And real care in vain , and native love , In the true parent's
panting breast had strove , While both deceiv'd had seen the deftin'd child Or llain
...
O ! had I now review'd the famous cause Which gave my righteous youth fo just
applause , In vain ... And real care in vain , and native love , In the true parent's
panting breast had strove , While both deceiv'd had seen the deftin'd child Or llain
...
Página 122
Soon docile to the secret acts of ill , • With smiles I could betray , with temper kill ;
• Soon in a brother could a rival view , • Watch all his acts , and all his ways
pursue : " In vain for life he to the altar fled ; • Ambition and Revenge have certain
...
Soon docile to the secret acts of ill , • With smiles I could betray , with temper kill ;
• Soon in a brother could a rival view , • Watch all his acts , and all his ways
pursue : " In vain for life he to the altar fled ; • Ambition and Revenge have certain
...
Página 175
SECANDER , Unhappy land ! whose blessings tempt the sword ; In vain ,
unheard , thou call'st thy Persian lord ! In vain thou court'st him , helpless , to thine
aid , To fhield the shepherd , and protect the maid ! Far off , in thoughtless
indolence ...
SECANDER , Unhappy land ! whose blessings tempt the sword ; In vain ,
unheard , thou call'st thy Persian lord ! In vain thou court'st him , helpless , to thine
aid , To fhield the shepherd , and protect the maid ! Far off , in thoughtless
indolence ...
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... Thy native tract : the nymphs of Nysa hail Thy glad return , and echoing joy
resounds O'er Triton's sacred waters , but in vain . The irreversible decrees of
Heaven To far more northern regions had ordain'd Thy lafting feat : in vain th '
imperial ...
... Thy native tract : the nymphs of Nysa hail Thy glad return , and echoing joy
resounds O'er Triton's sacred waters , but in vain . The irreversible decrees of
Heaven To far more northern regions had ordain'd Thy lafting feat : in vain th '
imperial ...
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appear arms beauty beneath breaſt breath bright charms court dear death delight earth ev'ry eyes face fair fall fame fate fear feel fields fighs fight fire firſt flame flow force grace grief grove hand head hear heart Heav'n hills honour hope hour human it's kind king land laſt laws leave light live look maid mind morn mourn muſt Nature night o'er once pain paſſion peace plain pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride race rage riſe round ſcenes ſee ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmiles ſome ſon ſoul ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtream ſuch ſweet tears tell thee theſe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro toil train truth turns vain various virtue voice wealth whoſe wild wind woods wretch youth
Pasajes populares
Página 273 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 16 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 160 - But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain...
Página 414 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more.
Página 217 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Página 272 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Página 15 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Página 415 - There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing, in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Página 448 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Página 268 - The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volumen2 Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry |
| Editor | Harrison and Company, 1781 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 22 Nov. 2006 |
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