Poems on Several Occasions: Rural sports. The fan. The shepherd's week. Trivia. The what d'ye call it; a tragi-comi-pastoral farceH. Lintot and J. and R. Tonson, 1753 |
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... ev'ry Tongue Is mov'd by flatt'ry , or with fcandal hung : Friendship , for fylvan fhades , the palace flies , Where all muft yield to int'reft's dearer ties ; Each rival Machiavel with envy burns , And honefty forfakes them all by ...
... ev'ry Tongue Is mov'd by flatt'ry , or with fcandal hung : Friendship , for fylvan fhades , the palace flies , Where all muft yield to int'reft's dearer ties ; Each rival Machiavel with envy burns , And honefty forfakes them all by ...
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... ev'ning taste . Here I perufe the Mantuan's Georgic ftrains , And learn the labours of Italian fwains ; In ev'ry page I fee new landfchapes rife , And all Hefperia opens to my eyes . I wander o'er the various rural toil , And know the ...
... ev'ning taste . Here I perufe the Mantuan's Georgic ftrains , And learn the labours of Italian fwains ; In ev'ry page I fee new landfchapes rife , And all Hefperia opens to my eyes . I wander o'er the various rural toil , And know the ...
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... ev'ry wave below : Here penfive I behold the fading light , And o'er the diftant billow lofe my fight .. Now night in filent state begins to rise , And twinkling orbs beftrow th ' uncloudy skies ; Her borrow'd luftre growing Cynthia ...
... ev'ry wave below : Here penfive I behold the fading light , And o'er the diftant billow lofe my fight .. Now night in filent state begins to rise , And twinkling orbs beftrow th ' uncloudy skies ; Her borrow'd luftre growing Cynthia ...
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... ev'ry watry fnare ; His hooks , his lines peruse with careful eye , « Increase his tackle , and his rod retye . 1255 , 1390 When floating clouds their spongy fleeces drain , 1355 Troubling the ftreams with fwift defcending rain , And ...
... ev'ry watry fnare ; His hooks , his lines peruse with careful eye , « Increase his tackle , and his rod retye . 1255 , 1390 When floating clouds their spongy fleeces drain , 1355 Troubling the ftreams with fwift defcending rain , And ...
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... ev'ry guest applauds his skilful hand . 145 Far up the stream the twisted hair he throws , Which down the murm'ring current gently flows ; 150 When if or chance or hunger's pow'rful fway , Directs the roving trout this fatal way . He ...
... ev'ry guest applauds his skilful hand . 145 Far up the stream the twisted hair he throws , Which down the murm'ring current gently flows ; 150 When if or chance or hunger's pow'rful fway , Directs the roving trout this fatal way . He ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt arms beneath Blouzelind bofom breaft Buxoma caft canft thou cheek Civic crown Cloacina cloſe coach COUNTRYMAN croud crown'd CUDDY damfel defcend diftant DORCAS dy'd Eclogues erft ev'ry eyes fafe fair fame feen fhade fhall fhining fhoes fhould fide fighs figns FILBERT filver fing firſt flain flame fleep flies flow fome fong foon ftand ftrains ftreams fuch fung fure fwain fweet fwelling Ghoft glowing hand haut-boy JOHN GAY KITTY laffes laft link-boy LOBBIN CLOUT loft Lubberkin maid mark the ground Mufe muft muſt ne'er night nymph o'er obfervations paffing paffion Paftoral PEASCO pinners plain play prefent raiſe rifing riſe rofe ſeen SERGEANT ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhow ſhow'r Sir HUMPHRY Sir ROGER ſkies ſpread Squire ſtand ſtate Stave ſteps ſtreet ſwain ſweet thee thefe theſe thofe three times mark toil turn me thrice verſe Virg Whofe Whoſe winds
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Página 12 - When if an insect fall, (his certain guide) He gently takes him from the whirling tide, Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, and...
Página 97 - Last Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find, I...
Página 166 - Proud coaches pass, regardless of the moan Of infant orphans, and the widow's groan ; While Charity still moves the walker's mind. His liberal purse relieves the lame and blind.
Página 11 - To frame the little animal, provide All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; Let Nature guide thee ! sometimes golden wire The shining bellies of the fly require ; The peacock's plumes thy tackle must not fail, Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, And lends the growing insect proper wings...
Página 176 - Cracks the tough harness : here a pond'rous beam Lies overturn'd athwart ; for slaughter fed Here lowing bullocks raise their horned head. Now oaths grow loud, with coaches coaches jar...
Página 64 - In this also my love to my native country Britain much pricketh me forward, to describe aright the manners of our own honest and laborious ploughmen, in no wise sure more unworthy a British poet's...
Página 107 - ve seen, Set off with kerchief starch'd and pinners clean. Sometimes, like wax, she rolls the butter round, Or with the wooden lily prints the pound.
Página 169 - Let others in the jolting coach confide, Or in the leaky boat the Thames divide ; Or, box'd within the chair, contemn the street, And trust their safety to another's feet : Still let me walk...
Página 187 - His num'rous lowing herd; his herds he sold, And his deep leathern pocket bagg'd with gold; Drawn by a fraudful nymph, he gaz'd, he...
Página 188 - Yet there are watchmen, who with friendly light Will teach thy reeling steps to tread aright ; For sixpence will support thy helpless arm, And home conduct thee, safe from nightly harm.