Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas Tomkinseditor, and J. Wallis, 1780 - 204 páginas |
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... clouds of forrow fly : For her I mow my walks , I plat my bow'rs , Clip my low hedges , and fupport my flow'rs ; To welcome her , this summer - feat I dreft , And here I court her when the comes to rest ; When the from exercise to ...
... clouds of forrow fly : For her I mow my walks , I plat my bow'rs , Clip my low hedges , and fupport my flow'rs ; To welcome her , this summer - feat I dreft , And here I court her when the comes to rest ; When the from exercise to ...
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... returning home : XXIII . As the lark with vary'd tune , Carols to the evening loud ; Mark the mild refplendent moon , Breaking through a parted cloud ! XXIV . Now the hermit howlet peeps From the barn 22 SELECT POEMS .
... returning home : XXIII . As the lark with vary'd tune , Carols to the evening loud ; Mark the mild refplendent moon , Breaking through a parted cloud ! XXIV . Now the hermit howlet peeps From the barn 22 SELECT POEMS .
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... clouds and storms Around Thee thrown ! tempeft o'er tempeft roll'd ! Majestic darkness ! on the whirlwind's wing , Riding fublime , Thou bidft the world adore , And humbleft nature with thy northern blast . Mysterious round ! what skill ...
... clouds and storms Around Thee thrown ! tempeft o'er tempeft roll'd ! Majestic darkness ! on the whirlwind's wing , Riding fublime , Thou bidft the world adore , And humbleft nature with thy northern blast . Mysterious round ! what skill ...
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... clouds , to Him , whofe fun exalts , Whose breath perfumes you , and whofe pencil paints . Ye Forefts ! bend ; ye ... cloud to cloud returns the folemn hymn . Bleat out afresh , ye Hills ! ye moffy Rocks ! Retain the found : the broad ...
... clouds , to Him , whofe fun exalts , Whose breath perfumes you , and whofe pencil paints . Ye Forefts ! bend ; ye ... cloud to cloud returns the folemn hymn . Bleat out afresh , ye Hills ! ye moffy Rocks ! Retain the found : the broad ...
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... clouds from lowly Saron rife , And Carmel's flow'ry top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely defert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God , a God appears ! A God , a God ! the vocal hills reply , The rocks proclaim th ...
... clouds from lowly Saron rife , And Carmel's flow'ry top perfumes the skies ! Hark ! a glad voice the lonely defert cheers ; Prepare the way ! a God , a God appears ! A God , a God ! the vocal hills reply , The rocks proclaim th ...
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Términos y frases comunes
æther beauty beſt beſtow bleffings blifs bloom bluſh bofom breaſt breath charms cheek DAVID GARRICK defcends e'er eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek fhade fhall figh filent filver fing firſt fleep flow flow'rs fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread friendſhip ftill fuch fweet glow goodneſs grace grove happineſs heart heav'n hour laſt luftre lyre mind moffy morn moſt mourn mufe mufic muſt nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions peace pleaſing pleaſure Plutus pow'r praife praiſe pride raiſe reft reſt rife riſe rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhed ſhine ſhould ſkies ſky ſmiling ſpread ſpring ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſtream ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe Whoſe wiſh youth
Pasajes populares
Página 150 - Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave Await alike th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 81 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Página 186 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Página 178 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Página 183 - Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Página 193 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Página 99 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 82 - Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 149 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 185 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade; And young and old come forth to play On.