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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... play , Now in the rapid eddy roll away . The scaly fhoals float by , and feiz'd with fear Behold their fellows toft in thinner air ; 210 215 But foon they leap , and catch the swimming bait , Plunge on the hook , and share an equal Fate ...
... play , Now in the rapid eddy roll away . The scaly fhoals float by , and feiz'd with fear Behold their fellows toft in thinner air ; 210 215 But foon they leap , and catch the swimming bait , Plunge on the hook , and share an equal Fate ...
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... play With gentle gales relieves the fultry day , Not the wide fan by Perfian dames difplay'd , Which o'er their beauty cafts a grateful [ fhade ; Nor that long known in China's artful land , Which , while it cools the face , fatigues ...
... play With gentle gales relieves the fultry day , Not the wide fan by Perfian dames difplay'd , Which o'er their beauty cafts a grateful [ fhade ; Nor that long known in China's artful land , Which , while it cools the face , fatigues ...
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... play bid grateful Zephyrs rise ,. While love in ev'ry grateful Zephyr flies .. 170 The mafter Cupid traces out the lines , 175 And with judicious hand the draught designs , Th ' expecting Loves with joy the model view , And the joint ...
... play bid grateful Zephyrs rise ,. While love in ev'ry grateful Zephyr flies .. 170 The mafter Cupid traces out the lines , 175 And with judicious hand the draught designs , Th ' expecting Loves with joy the model view , And the joint ...
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... play round the fair . 185 190 Unhappy lovers , how will you withstand , 195 When these new arms fhall grace your charmer's hand In ancient times , when maids in thought were pure , When eyes were artless , and the look demure , When the ...
... play round the fair . 185 190 Unhappy lovers , how will you withstand , 195 When these new arms fhall grace your charmer's hand In ancient times , when maids in thought were pure , When eyes were artless , and the look demure , When the ...
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... play , nd ftrow with odoriferous flowers the way , er right hand she waves the flutt'ring fan , us in melting founds her speech began . A d Powers , who fickle mortals guide , fea , the skies and earth preside , whence all human ...
... play , nd ftrow with odoriferous flowers the way , er right hand she waves the flutt'ring fan , us in melting founds her speech began . A d Powers , who fickle mortals guide , fea , the skies and earth preside , whence all human ...
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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.