Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1Vicesimus Knox Rivington, 1791 |
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... foon begun . Upon thy knees devoutly bow , And pray the Lord of glory now To fill thy breaft , or deadly fin May caufe a blinder night within . And whether pleafing vapours rife , Which greatly dim the clofing eyes ; Which make the ...
... foon begun . Upon thy knees devoutly bow , And pray the Lord of glory now To fill thy breaft , or deadly fin May caufe a blinder night within . And whether pleafing vapours rife , Which greatly dim the clofing eyes ; Which make the ...
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... foon the lofs would know , And fink in fin , or run to woc . O , fpirit bountifully kind , Warm , poffets , and fill my mind ; Difperte my fins with light divine , And raise the flames of love with thine Before thy pleafures rightly ...
... foon the lofs would know , And fink in fin , or run to woc . O , fpirit bountifully kind , Warm , poffets , and fill my mind ; Difperte my fins with light divine , And raise the flames of love with thine Before thy pleafures rightly ...
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... foon improv'd The execrable deed . ' Twas not enough By fubtle fraud to fnatch a fingle life , Puny impiety ! whole kingdoms fell To fate the luft of power : more horrid ftill , The fouleft ftain and fcandal of our nature , Became its ...
... foon improv'd The execrable deed . ' Twas not enough By fubtle fraud to fnatch a fingle life , Puny impiety ! whole kingdoms fell To fate the luft of power : more horrid ftill , The fouleft ftain and fcandal of our nature , Became its ...
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... foon retook Thofe fpoils his voluntary yielding lent . ( Sure pledge of our releasement from thy thrall ! ) Twice twenty days he fojourn'd here on earth , And fhew'd himself alive to chofen witnesses By proofs fo ftrong , that the most ...
... foon retook Thofe fpoils his voluntary yielding lent . ( Sure pledge of our releasement from thy thrall ! ) Twice twenty days he fojourn'd here on earth , And fhew'd himself alive to chofen witnesses By proofs fo ftrong , that the most ...
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... foon would univerfal order cease ! How foon would difcord harmony displace ! Eternal schemes maintain eternal fight , Nor yield , fupported by eternal might ; Where each would uncontrol'd his aim purfue , The links diffever , or the ...
... foon would univerfal order cease ! How foon would difcord harmony displace ! Eternal schemes maintain eternal fight , Nor yield , fupported by eternal might ; Where each would uncontrol'd his aim purfue , The links diffever , or the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
beft blefs bleft blifs breaft breath caufe charms death defire earth erft eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fcene fear fecret feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhore fhould fide figh fight filent fing fire firft fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmile foft fome fong fons fool foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftream fuch fure fweet fwell glory grace heart Heaven honour juft king laft lefs loft Lord mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion pain peace plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride purfue rage reafon reft rife rofe ſhall ſkies ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro toil trembling vex'd virtue whofe wife youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 22 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 22 - 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 188 - Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 443 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.
Página 215 - With too much spirit to be e'er at ease; With too much quickness ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought: You purchase pain with all that joy can give, And die of nothing but a rage to live.
Página 210 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Página 14 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Página 19 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge thy foe.
Página 205 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Página 33 - I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt, the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd and let 'em forth By my so potent Art.