A Collection of the Most Esteemed Pieces of Poetry, that Have Appeared for Several YearsRichardson and Urquhart, 1770 - 316 páginas |
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... . Yes , COVENTRY is dead . Attend the ftrain , Daughters of Albion ! Ye that , light as air , So oft have tript in her fantastic train , With hearts as gay , and faces half as fair : Α For For fhe was fair beyond your brightest bloom : (
... . Yes , COVENTRY is dead . Attend the ftrain , Daughters of Albion ! Ye that , light as air , So oft have tript in her fantastic train , With hearts as gay , and faces half as fair : Α For For fhe was fair beyond your brightest bloom : (
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Moses Mendez. For fhe was fair beyond your brightest bloom : ( This Envy owns , fince now her bloom is fled ) Fair as the Forms that , wove in Fancy's loom , Float in light vifion round the Poet's head . Whene'er with foft ferenity fhe ...
Moses Mendez. For fhe was fair beyond your brightest bloom : ( This Envy owns , fince now her bloom is fled ) Fair as the Forms that , wove in Fancy's loom , Float in light vifion round the Poet's head . Whene'er with foft ferenity fhe ...
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... fair Lycæum lent its awful shade , Tho ' ev'ry academic green impreft Its image full on thy reflecting breaft , Yet my pure stream shall boast as proud a name , And Britain's Ifis flow with Attic fame . Alas ! how chang'd ! where now ...
... fair Lycæum lent its awful shade , Tho ' ev'ry academic green impreft Its image full on thy reflecting breaft , Yet my pure stream shall boast as proud a name , And Britain's Ifis flow with Attic fame . Alas ! how chang'd ! where now ...
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... fair and young . Ye Perfian dames , he faid , to you belong , Well may they please , the morals of my fong : No fairer maids , I truft , than you are found , Grac'd with foft arts , the peopled world around ! The morn that lights you ...
... fair and young . Ye Perfian dames , he faid , to you belong , Well may they please , the morals of my fong : No fairer maids , I truft , than you are found , Grac'd with foft arts , the peopled world around ! The morn that lights you ...
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... fair ; Each tender paffion man delights to find , The lov'd perfections of a female mind ! 1 Bleft were the days , when wifdom held her reign , And shepherds fought her on the silent plain ; With Truth fhe wedded in the fecret grove ...
... fair ; Each tender paffion man delights to find , The lov'd perfections of a female mind ! 1 Bleft were the days , when wifdom held her reign , And shepherds fought her on the silent plain ; With Truth fhe wedded in the fecret grove ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Abra beſt blaſt bleft bluſhing bofom BONNEL THORNTON breaſt charms cloſe delight deſpair ding dong e'er eaſe ev'ry eyes facred fafe fair fame fatire fcorn fear feen fhade fhall fhould fighs filk filver fing firſt flame fleep foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul ftill ftream fuch fung fwain fweet grace grove hand heart heaven himſelf laſt loft lov'd lyre maid mind mufe muſe muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pale peace plain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride rage raiſe reaſon reft reſt rife riſe rofe round ſay ſcene ſee ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſkill ſky ſleep ſmile ſome ſong ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtage ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſtrong ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thoſe thou thouſand thro Tibicines trembling Twas vale virtue voice whofe whoſe youth
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Página 16 - What if the lion in his rage I meet ! Oft in the dust I view his printed feet : And fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger...
Página 26 - O thou, whose spirit most possest The sacred seat of Shakspeare's breast! By all that from thy prophet broke. In thy divine emotions spoke ; Hither again thy fury deal, Teach me but once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree, And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee ! ODE TO SIMPLICITY.
Página 28 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Página 50 - No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn: Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them : "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego ; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.
Página 24 - Brood of fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait ; Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild, like thee? EPODE. In earliest Greece, to thee, with partial choice, The grief-full Muse addrest her infant tongue; The maids and matrons, on her awful voice Silent and pale in wild amazement hung.
Página 20 - Blest was the life that royal Abbas led : Sweet was his love, and innocent his bed. What if in wealth the noble maid excel ; The simple shepherd-girl can love as well.
Página 49 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Página 55 - Turn, Angelina, ever dear, My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, ^ ^ Restored to love and thee. « Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign ; And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine? « No, never from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true; The sigh that rends thy constant heart, Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Página 16 - Death with shrieks directs their way, Fills the wild yell, and leads them to their prey. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz...
Página 29 - Tempe's vale, her native maids, Amidst the festal sounding shades, To some unwearied minstrel dancing ; While, as his flying fingers kiss'd the strings, Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.