A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts. Hamilton. A. Philips. G. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. HarteJohn & Arthur Arch, ... and for Bell & Bradfute & I. Mundell & Company, Edinburgh., 1794 |
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... Muse ; In fhort , they both were turn'd to yerus . Old Goodman Dobfon of the green Remembers , he the trees has feen ; He'll talk of them from noon till night , And goes with folks to fhow the fight : On Sundays , after evening - prayer ...
... Muse ; In fhort , they both were turn'd to yerus . Old Goodman Dobfon of the green Remembers , he the trees has feen ; He'll talk of them from noon till night , And goes with folks to fhow the fight : On Sundays , after evening - prayer ...
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I }. Maft never to mankind be told , Nor fhall the conscious Muse unfold . Meantime the mournful Queen of Love Led but a weary life above . She ventures now to leave the fkies , Grown by Vaneffa's conduct wife : For , though by one ...
I }. Maft never to mankind be told , Nor fhall the conscious Muse unfold . Meantime the mournful Queen of Love Led but a weary life above . She ventures now to leave the fkies , Grown by Vaneffa's conduct wife : For , though by one ...
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... Muse , Who now the wandering pair pursues : Away they rode in homely fort , Their journey long , their money fhort ; The loving couple well bemir'd ; The horse and both the riders tir'd : Their victuals bad , their lodging worse ; Phyl ...
... Muse , Who now the wandering pair pursues : Away they rode in homely fort , Their journey long , their money fhort ; The loving couple well bemir'd ; The horse and both the riders tir'd : Their victuals bad , their lodging worse ; Phyl ...
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... muse , And stays at home for want of fhoes ; Should but his mufe defcending drop A flice of bread and mutton - chop ; Or kindly , when his credit's out , Surprise him with a pint of ftout ; Or patch his broken ftocking - foals , Or fend ...
... muse , And stays at home for want of fhoes ; Should but his mufe defcending drop A flice of bread and mutton - chop ; Or kindly , when his credit's out , Surprise him with a pint of ftout ; Or patch his broken ftocking - foals , Or fend ...
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... Muse her annual tribute pays , While I affign myself a task Which you expect , but fcorn to afk ; If I perform this talk with pain , Let me of partial fate complain ; You every year the debt enlarge , grow lefs equal to the charge : In ...
... Muse her annual tribute pays , While I affign myself a task Which you expect , but fcorn to afk ; If I perform this talk with pain , Let me of partial fate complain ; You every year the debt enlarge , grow lefs equal to the charge : In ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
ANTISTROPHE beauty behold beneath blefs bleft breaft breath charms Dean dear death defcending defire delight divine dreft earth ECLOGUE Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fave fcene fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhore fhould fhow fide filk fing firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep fmile foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream fubject fuch funk fure fwain fweet fwell glory grace heart heaven himſelf honour juft king laft lefs loft Lord mind moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er never numbers nymph o'er paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet praife praiſe pride profe rage reafon reft reign rife rofe round ſcene ſhall ſkies ſky ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand toil verfe virtue Whig whofe wife youth
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Página 152 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Página 227 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Página 200 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Página 308 - It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Página 417 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung. In dewy damps my limbs were chill'd ; My blood with gentle horrors thrill'd ; My feeble pulse forgot to play ; I fainted, sunk, and died away.
Página 532 - O thou, whose spirit most possest The sacred seat of Shakspeare's breast! By all that from thy prophet broke. In thy divine emotions spoke ; Hither again thy fury deal, Teach me but once like him to feel : His cypress wreath my meed decree, And I, O Fear, will dwell with thee ! ODE TO SIMPLICITY.
Página 537 - And, ever and anon, he beat The doubling drum, with furious heat ; And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Página 150 - As Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends, While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Página 234 - 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 10 - Then stepp'd aside to fetch them drink, Fill'da large jug up to the brink, And saw it fairly twice go round ; Yet (what is wonderful !) they found, 'Twas still replenish'd to the top, As if they ne'er had touch'da drop.