The Deserted Village, Traveller, and Miscellaneous PoemsH. Richardson, Jr., 1819 - 108 páginas |
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... Sure scenes like these no trouble e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! -- Are these thy serious thoughts ? ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shiv'ring female lies . She once , perhaps , in village plenty blest ...
... Sure scenes like these no trouble e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! -- Are these thy serious thoughts ? ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shiv'ring female lies . She once , perhaps , in village plenty blest ...
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... - let me pause - don't I hear you pro- nounce , This tale of the bacon's a damnable bounce ? Well suppose it a bounce - sure a poet may try , By a bounce now and then , to get courage to fly . 4 But , my lord , it's no bounce : THE ...
... - let me pause - don't I hear you pro- nounce , This tale of the bacon's a damnable bounce ? Well suppose it a bounce - sure a poet may try , By a bounce now and then , to get courage to fly . 4 But , my lord , it's no bounce : THE ...
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... SURE was by Providence desigu'd , Rather in pity than in hate , That he should be , like Cupid , blind , To save him from Narcissus ' fate . A NEW SIMILE , IN THE MANNER OF SWIFT . LONG had I sought in vain to find A likeness for the ...
... SURE was by Providence desigu'd , Rather in pity than in hate , That he should be , like Cupid , blind , To save him from Narcissus ' fate . A NEW SIMILE , IN THE MANNER OF SWIFT . LONG had I sought in vain to find A likeness for the ...
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... sure it may be justly said , His feet are useful as his head . Lastly , vouchsafe t'observe his hand , Fill'd with a snake - encircled wand ; By classic authors termed Caduceus , And highly fam'd for several uses , To wit , most wond ...
... sure it may be justly said , His feet are useful as his head . Lastly , vouchsafe t'observe his hand , Fill'd with a snake - encircled wand ; By classic authors termed Caduceus , And highly fam'd for several uses , To wit , most wond ...
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... he lands , has order'd me before , To make au observation on the shore . Where are we driven ? our reckoning sure is lost . This seems a rocky and a dangerous coast . Lord , what a sultry climate am I under ↓ PROLOGUE , 108.
... he lands , has order'd me before , To make au observation on the shore . Where are we driven ? our reckoning sure is lost . This seems a rocky and a dangerous coast . Lord , what a sultry climate am I under ↓ PROLOGUE , 108.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
admired Amidst ballad bard blank verse blessings blest bliss boast bowers breast bridal night Burke charms cheerful climes cried David Garrick dear decay Deserted Village eyes fame fled flies follow'd folly fond gentle guest HAUNCH HAUNCH OF VENISON heart heaven Hermit Hoards honest honor humble humor imitate keep a corner land lord lovers luxury maid mind mirth ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH pain passion pasty patriot perhaps pity plac'd plain pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetry pomp poor praise pride proud rage raptures reign Reynolds Richard Burke rise round scene shore sigh simile sinks Sir Joshua Reynolds skies skill'd smiling sorrow soul spread STOOPS TO CONQUER stranger swain sweet SWEET Auburn talk'd thee thine thou toil tripe turn Twas tyrant venison Vide page 65 wealth weep Whitefoord wish'd Woodfall wretch
Passagens conhecidas
Página 24 - Now lost to all — her friends, her virtue fled — Near her betrayer's door she lays her head, And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel, and robes of country brown.
Página 36 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Página 37 - As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, re-counts it o'er; Hoards after hoards his rising raptures fill, Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still...
Página 20 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Página 35 - Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee ; Still to my brother turns, with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain.
Página 21 - The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnished clock that clicked behind the door: The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules...
Página 13 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree ; While many a pastime circled in the shade, The young contending as the old...
Página 26 - To new-found worlds, and wept for others' woe. But for himself, in conscious virtue brave, He only wish'd for worlds beyond the grave. His lovely daughter, lovelier in her tears, The fond companion of his helpless years, Silent went next, neglectful of her charms, And left a lover's for a father's arms.
Página 69 - Here Cumberland lies, having acted his parts, The Terence of England, the mender of hearts; A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.
Página 15 - Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene, Lived in each look, and brightened all the green — These, far departing, seek a kinder shore, And rural mirth and manners are no more.