Poems by Mr. GrayWilliam Sleater, 1768 - 187 páginas |
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... mind , Difdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that fculks behind ; Or pineing Love shall waste their youth . Or Jealousy with rankling tooth , That That inly gnaws the fecret heart , And Envy wan PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE . 29.
... mind , Difdainful Anger , pallid Fear , And Shame that fculks behind ; Or pineing Love shall waste their youth . Or Jealousy with rankling tooth , That That inly gnaws the fecret heart , And Envy wan PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE . 29.
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... mind . Stern rugged Nurfe ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year fhe bore : What forrow was , thou bad'ft her know , And from her own fhe learn'd to melt at others woe , Scar'd at thy frown terrific , fly Self - pleafing Folly's ...
... mind . Stern rugged Nurfe ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year fhe bore : What forrow was , thou bad'ft her know , And from her own fhe learn'd to melt at others woe , Scar'd at thy frown terrific , fly Self - pleafing Folly's ...
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... Mind , and Freedom's holy flame . II . 3 . Woods , that wave o'er Delphi's fteep , Ifles , that crown th ' Egæan deep , Fields , * Progress of Poetry from Greece to Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unac- quainted with ...
... Mind , and Freedom's holy flame . II . 3 . Woods , that wave o'er Delphi's fteep , Ifles , that crown th ' Egæan deep , Fields , * Progress of Poetry from Greece to Italy , and from Italy to England . Chaucer was not unac- quainted with ...
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... mind , With all the troop of rage and fear , That follows close behind : Or pining love fhall wafte their youth , Or jealoufy , with rankling tooth , [ H 4 ] That That gnaws bright Hymen's golden chain , Who opens wide ODE ON RANELAGH .
... mind , With all the troop of rage and fear , That follows close behind : Or pining love fhall wafte their youth , Or jealoufy , with rankling tooth , [ H 4 ] That That gnaws bright Hymen's golden chain , Who opens wide ODE ON RANELAGH .
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... mind With Rome's rich fpoils and Truth's exalted Views ; Fir'd them with transports of a nobler kind , .. • And bade them flight all females . but the Mufe . Full many a lark , high - tow'ring to the sky , Unheard , unheeded , greets th ...
... mind With Rome's rich fpoils and Truth's exalted Views ; Fir'd them with transports of a nobler kind , .. • And bade them flight all females . but the Mufe . Full many a lark , high - tow'ring to the sky , Unheard , unheeded , greets th ...
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Página 65 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Página 61 - Man's feeble race what ills await ! . Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of fate ! The fond complaint, my song, disprove, And justify the laws of Jove.
Página 102 - Hoarse he bays with hideous din, Eyes that glow, and fangs that grin ; And long pursues, with fruitless yell, The father of the powerful spell.
Página 52 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...
Página 31 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Página 68 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far ! — but far above the...
Página 22 - Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to ev'ry watry God, Some speedy aid to send. No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirr'd: Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard. A Fav'rite has no friend! From hence, ye Beauties, undeceiv'd, Know, one false step is ne'er retriev'd, And be with caution bold. Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all, that glisters, gold.
Página 147 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 137 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Página 145 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...