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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... VIII . It comes : it fills my labouring breast ; I feel my beating heart oppreft . Oh ! hear that lonely widow's wail ! See her dim eye ! her afpect pale ! B 14 To heaven fhe turns in deep despair , Her SELECT POEMS . 13.
... VIII . It comes : it fills my labouring breast ; I feel my beating heart oppreft . Oh ! hear that lonely widow's wail ! See her dim eye ! her afpect pale ! B 14 To heaven fhe turns in deep despair , Her SELECT POEMS . 13.
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... hear : Each note , each flowing accent of the fong , She footh'd , and sweeten'd with her softer tongue ; Gently refin'd each imitated strain , And paid him with his harmony again . The shepherd wonder'd at the just replies , At first B ...
... hear : Each note , each flowing accent of the fong , She footh'd , and sweeten'd with her softer tongue ; Gently refin'd each imitated strain , And paid him with his harmony again . The shepherd wonder'd at the just replies , At first B ...
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... hear , As his dy'd lift'ning in the ambient air . But now , too late , her noble folly found , Sad Philomela ftood fubdu'd by found ; Though vanquish'd , yet with gen'rous ardour fill'd , Ignobly still she fcorn'd to quit the field ...
... hear , As his dy'd lift'ning in the ambient air . But now , too late , her noble folly found , Sad Philomela ftood fubdu'd by found ; Though vanquish'd , yet with gen'rous ardour fill'd , Ignobly still she fcorn'd to quit the field ...
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... hear . When to the western main the fun defcends , To other lands a rifing day he lends : The spreading dawn another shepherd fpies , The wakeful flocks from their warm folds arife ; Refresh'd , the peafant feeks his early toil , And ...
... hear . When to the western main the fun defcends , To other lands a rifing day he lends : The spreading dawn another shepherd fpies , The wakeful flocks from their warm folds arife ; Refresh'd , the peafant feeks his early toil , And ...
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... hear her ever in the midnight bell , The hollow gale , and hoarse - resounding flood . This caus'd a mother's tender tears to flow , ( The fad remembrance time shall ne'er erase ) When having feal'd th ' irrevocable vow , I haften'd to ...
... hear her ever in the midnight bell , The hollow gale , and hoarse - resounding flood . This caus'd a mother's tender tears to flow , ( The fad remembrance time shall ne'er erase ) When having feal'd th ' irrevocable vow , I haften'd to ...
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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.