Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 2Harrison and Company, 1781 |
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... sweet babe in fix'd despair fhe ftands , His fleeping beauty once again to view , Ere yet fhe bids the world and him adieu ! Then , turning quick , with half - averted eyes , To the cold bofom of the river flies ; And , plunging ...
... sweet babe in fix'd despair fhe ftands , His fleeping beauty once again to view , Ere yet fhe bids the world and him adieu ! Then , turning quick , with half - averted eyes , To the cold bofom of the river flies ; And , plunging ...
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... charms , And ftrive to woo the fair to Pleafure's arms- And oft he joins her friends in converfe sweet , Oft deigns to vifit where the rusticks meet , " " With fkilful hand oft ftrikes the trembling ftrings With 12 BEAUTIES OF POETRY .
... charms , And ftrive to woo the fair to Pleafure's arms- And oft he joins her friends in converfe sweet , Oft deigns to vifit where the rusticks meet , " " With fkilful hand oft ftrikes the trembling ftrings With 12 BEAUTIES OF POETRY .
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... Sweet leffons of her forceful art , Each ( for Madness rul'd the hour ) Would prove his own expreffive power . Firft , Fear , his hand , it's skill to try , Amid the chords bewilder'd laid ; And back recoil'd , he knew not why , E'en at ...
... Sweet leffons of her forceful art , Each ( for Madness rul'd the hour ) Would prove his own expreffive power . Firft , Fear , his hand , it's skill to try , Amid the chords bewilder'd laid ; And back recoil'd , he knew not why , E'en at ...
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... sweet , Pour'd thro ' the mellow horn her pensive soul And dashing soft from rocks around , Bubbling runnels join'd the found ; - Thro ' glades and glooms the mingled measure stole Or o'er fome - haunted streams with fond delay , Round ...
... sweet , Pour'd thro ' the mellow horn her pensive soul And dashing soft from rocks around , Bubbling runnels join'd the found ; - Thro ' glades and glooms the mingled measure stole Or o'er fome - haunted streams with fond delay , Round ...
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... sweet entrancing voice he lov'd the best . They would have thought , who heard the strain , They faw in Tempe's vale her native maids , Amidft the feftal founding fhades , To fome unwearied minstrel dancing . While , as his flying ...
... sweet entrancing voice he lov'd the best . They would have thought , who heard the strain , They faw in Tempe's vale her native maids , Amidft the feftal founding fhades , To fome unwearied minstrel dancing . While , as his flying ...
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Abra beneath bleffings blefs'd blifs bofom breaſt breath charms chearful crown'd defire delight deſpair diftant e'en eaſe erft ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fate fcenes fcorn fear fecret feen fhade fhall fhine fhore fhould fide fighs filent fing firft firſt fkies flain flame flow'rs fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpring ftate ftill ftrain ftream fuch fweet Gaul grace grief grove guife heart Heav'n himſelf honour laft laſt loft lov'd lyre maid mind mourn Mufe muft muſt numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er paffion pain plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride purſue rage raiſe reafon reft rife roſe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtill ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro toil tow'ring virtue whofe Whoſe wretch youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 273 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 16 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. 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 160 - But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain...
Página 414 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more.
Página 219 - Without a vain, without a grudging heart, To him who gives us all, I yield a part ; From him you come, for him accept it here, A frank and sober, more than costly cheer.
Página 272 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Página 15 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That more than heaven pursue.
Página 415 - There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing, in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Página 448 - Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Página 268 - The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that...