The Nursery Garland: Being a Selection of Short, Classical Poems, Adapted to Very Early Youth; Respectfully Inscribed to the Mothers of FamiliesJ. Harris, 1801 - 172 páginas |
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... dangers in time : - When death or old age fhall ftare in my face , What a wretch fhall I be in the end of my days , If I trifle away all their prime ! Now , now , while my strength and my youth THE NURSERY GARLAND . 9 The Ant, or Emmet.
... dangers in time : - When death or old age fhall ftare in my face , What a wretch fhall I be in the end of my days , If I trifle away all their prime ! Now , now , while my strength and my youth THE NURSERY GARLAND . 9 The Ant, or Emmet.
Página 22
... care ! Let no rude storm , no chilling air , ' Prevent her opening charms ; And should a danger hover near , O fhield her in thy arms ! IAGO . So when Time ripens every grace , And calls forth 22 THE NURSERY GARLAND . Iago The Invocation.
... care ! Let no rude storm , no chilling air , ' Prevent her opening charms ; And should a danger hover near , O fhield her in thy arms ! IAGO . So when Time ripens every grace , And calls forth 22 THE NURSERY GARLAND . Iago The Invocation.
Página 61
... mine and your's . Safety confifts not in escape From dangers of a frightful fhape : An earthquake may be bid to fpare The man that's ftrangled by a hair . G Fate fteals along with filent tread , Found oft'neft in THE NURSERY GARLAND . 61 1.
... mine and your's . Safety confifts not in escape From dangers of a frightful fhape : An earthquake may be bid to fpare The man that's ftrangled by a hair . G Fate fteals along with filent tread , Found oft'neft in THE NURSERY GARLAND . 61 1.
Página 107
... it true . Bound on a voyage of awful length , And dangers little known , A ftranger to fuperior strength , Man vainly trufts his own . But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the diftant THE NURSERY GARLAND . 107 Cowper.
... it true . Bound on a voyage of awful length , And dangers little known , A ftranger to fuperior strength , Man vainly trufts his own . But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the diftant THE NURSERY GARLAND . 107 Cowper.
Página 117
... danger fée , And Mercy look the cause away . Then why , my foul , doft thou complain , Why drooping seek the dark recess ? ... . Shake off the melancholy chain , For God created all to blefs . : 1 But ah ! my breast is human fill- The ...
... danger fée , And Mercy look the cause away . Then why , my foul , doft thou complain , Why drooping seek the dark recess ? ... . Shake off the melancholy chain , For God created all to blefs . : 1 But ah ! my breast is human fill- The ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
ANWYLL beams beauty Belfield beſt blaſt bleffings bleft blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath caft canker-worm charms Churchill crown'd darkneſs dear delight dwell earth EDMUND EDWARD Elinor eternal ev'ry facred fafe fair fame fate fcene fear feek feems ferene fhade fhall fhine fhould figh filent fing fleep flower fmile foft fome fong foon foothe forrow foul ftar ftill ftore ftrain ftream fuch fupply furveys fweet glory grace hand happy heart Heaven hour Howard marks lefs light mind Miss Onslow misty mountains moffy morn mourn Mufe MYLO night nymph o'er paffions peace pity pleaſe pleaſure poor pow'r praiſe pride purſue rife rill rofe round ſhade ſhall ſhare ſkies ſky ſmile ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtill ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thou thouſand thro toil treaſure truth vale Virtue wakeful eye Whofe Wiſdom youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 159 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Página 103 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe.
Página 158 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 158 - Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in Heaven, On earth join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Página 89 - It is a period nowhere to be found In all the hoary registers of time, Unless perchance in the fool's calendar. Wisdom disclaims the word, nor" holds society With those who own it.
Página 93 - How fair is the Rose ! what a beautiful flower ! The glory of April and May : But the leaves are beginning to fade in an hour, And they wither and die in a day. Yet the Rose has one powerful virtue to boast, Above all the flowers of the field ! When its leaves are all dead and...
Página 116 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being, to have been.
Página 13 - I HATE that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round : To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And lures from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace and glittering arms ; And when Ambition's voice commands, To march, and fight, and fall in foreign lands.
Página 121 - 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 115 - Or in proud falls magnificently lost, But clear and artless, pouring through the plain Health to the sick, and solace to the swain.