A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Volumen2Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1755 |
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... wou'd improve , lauv yuvi And we should learn of thee to please and love . ⠀⠀ Damon no longer fought the filent fhade , No more in unfrequented paths he stray'd , But call'd the nymphs to hear his jocund fong , And told his joy to all ...
... wou'd improve , lauv yuvi And we should learn of thee to please and love . ⠀⠀ Damon no longer fought the filent fhade , No more in unfrequented paths he stray'd , But call'd the nymphs to hear his jocund fong , And told his joy to all ...
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... 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'rous Love no torment yet in store ? Or haft ...
... 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'rous Love no torment yet in store ? Or haft ...
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... 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 find And reft as if my Delia ftill were kind No , let me live her falsehood to upbraid ; Some god ...
... 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 find And reft as if my Delia ftill were kind No , let me live her falsehood to upbraid ; Some god ...
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... wou'd hide , That Hymen's bands by Prudence fhould be ty'd . Venus in vain the wedded pair would crown , If angry fortune on their union frown : Soon will the flatt'ring dream of bliss be o'er , And cloy'd imagination cheat no more ...
... wou'd hide , That Hymen's bands by Prudence fhould be ty'd . Venus in vain the wedded pair would crown , If angry fortune on their union frown : Soon will the flatt'ring dream of bliss be o'er , And cloy'd imagination cheat no more ...
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... wou'd approach , but dare not move ; Tell me , my Heart , if this be Love ? II . Whene'er fhe speaks , my ravish'd ear No other voice but her's can hear , No other wit but her's approve ; Tell me , my Heart , if this be Love ? III . If ...
... wou'd approach , but dare not move ; Tell me , my Heart , if this be Love ? II . Whene'er fhe speaks , my ravish'd ear No other voice but her's can hear , No other wit but her's approve ; Tell me , my Heart , if this be Love ? III . If ...
Términos y frases comunes
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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.