A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Volumen2Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1755 |
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... vain I bid the restless world adieu , To feek tranquillity and peace with you . Tho ' wild Ambition , and destructive Rage , No Factions here can form , no Wars can wage ; Tho ' Envy frowns not on your humble fhades , Nor Calumny your ...
... vain I bid the restless world adieu , To feek tranquillity and peace with you . Tho ' wild Ambition , and destructive Rage , No Factions here can form , no Wars can wage ; Tho ' Envy frowns not on your humble fhades , Nor Calumny your ...
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... vain enquiries cease , Thought cou'd not guard , nor will reftore thy peace : Indulge the frenzy that thou must endure , And footh the pain thou know'ft not how to cure . Come , flatt'ring Memory , and tell my heart How kind fhe was ...
... vain enquiries cease , Thought cou'd not guard , nor will reftore thy peace : Indulge the frenzy that thou must endure , And footh the pain thou know'ft not how to cure . Come , flatt'ring Memory , and tell my heart How kind fhe was ...
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... vain , Shall come sweet fuppliants for their fav'rite fwain . For him each blue - ey'd Naiad of the flood , For him each green - hair'd fister of the wood , Whom oft beneath fair Cynthia's gentle ray His mufick calls to dance the night ...
... vain , Shall come sweet fuppliants for their fav'rite fwain . For him each blue - ey'd Naiad of the flood , For him each green - hair'd fister of the wood , Whom oft beneath fair Cynthia's gentle ray His mufick calls to dance the night ...
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... vain Around his tomb their tears the Muses paid , And all things mourn'd but the relentless maid . Wou'd I cou'd die like him and be at peace : These torments in the quiet grave wou'd cease ; There my vex'd thoughts a calm repofe wou'd ...
... vain Around his tomb their tears the Muses paid , And all things mourn'd but the relentless maid . Wou'd I cou'd die like him and be at peace : These torments in the quiet grave wou'd cease ; There my vex'd thoughts a calm repofe wou'd ...
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... can boast , " If all in envious folitude are loft ? " Where none admire , ' tis ufelefs to excel ; " Where none are Beaus , tis vain to be a Belle : " Beauty , " Beauty , like wit , to judges should be [ 18 ] SOLILOQUY ...
... can boast , " If all in envious folitude are loft ? " Where none admire , ' tis ufelefs to excel ; " Where none are Beaus , tis vain to be a Belle : " Beauty , " Beauty , like wit , to judges should be [ 18 ] SOLILOQUY ...
Términos y frases comunes
ARCHIMAGE bards Bavius bleft blifs bluſh boaſt bofom breaſt Britiſh caufe cauſe charms cou'd defcending defires Delia delight difdain Druids eaſe ECLOGUE Edward EPIGRAM Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fage fair falſe fame fear fenfe fhade fhall fhine fing firft firſt flame flave flow'ry fmiles foft fome fong fons foon footh foul fpirit ftill ftream fuch fweet GARTER gen'rous glorious glory grace heart heav'n heav'nly honour infpire juftice king lefs loft lov'd lyre mind moſt mufe muft muſt nature's o'er paffion pain pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride prince publick rage rais'd raiſe reafon reft rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhould ſmiling ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtore ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro throne toils train truth uſe vex'd virtue virtue's Whate'er whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh worthy prince wou'd
Pasajes populares
Página 268 - 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 272 - 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 45 - 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.
Página 270 - 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, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th
Página 276 - Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to ev'ry watry God, Some speedy aid to send. No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirr'd: Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard. A Fav'rite has no friend! From hence, ye Beauties, undeceiv'd, Know, one false step is ne'er retriev'd, And be with caution bold. Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all, that glisters, gold.
Página 270 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Página 267 - 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 39 - To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre, If high exalted on the Throne of Wit, Near Me and Homer thou afpire to...
Página 75 - E'en for the kid or lamb that pour'd its life Beneath the bloody knife, Her gentle tears would fall, Tears from sweet virtue's source, benevolent to all.
Página 81 - Though meek, magnanimous; though witty, wise; Polite, as all her life in courts had been ; Yet good, as she the world had never seen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentle female tenderness combin'd.