Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas Tomkinseditor, and J. Wallis, 1780 - 204 páginas |
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... fate . ' Tis thus through change of exercise I range , And strength and pleasure rise from ev'ry change . Here beauteous Health for all the year remain , When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again , Oh come , thou Goddess of my ...
... fate . ' Tis thus through change of exercise I range , And strength and pleasure rise from ev'ry change . Here beauteous Health for all the year remain , When the next comes , I'll charm thee thus again , Oh come , thou Goddess of my ...
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... fate , With envy burning , and with pride elate ; Ambitiously she lent a list'ning ear , Charm'd with the very founds the dy'd to hear : Each note , each flowing accent of the fong , She footh'd , and sweeten'd with her softer tongue ...
... fate , With envy burning , and with pride elate ; Ambitiously she lent a list'ning ear , Charm'd with the very founds the dy'd to hear : Each note , each flowing accent of the fong , She footh'd , and sweeten'd with her softer tongue ...
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... Fate command me to the fartheft verge Of the green earth , to distant barbarous climes , Rivers unknown to fong , where first the fun Gilds Indian mountains , or his fetting beam Flames on the Atlantic ifles , ' tis nought to me ; Since ...
... Fate command me to the fartheft verge Of the green earth , to distant barbarous climes , Rivers unknown to fong , where first the fun Gilds Indian mountains , or his fetting beam Flames on the Atlantic ifles , ' tis nought to me ; Since ...
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... fate , Th ' unhappy moments of each future day ; When lock'd within this terror - fhedding grate , My joy - deferted foul would pine away . Yet ne'er did her maternal voice unfold This cloister'd fcene in all its horror dreft ; , Nor ...
... fate , Th ' unhappy moments of each future day ; When lock'd within this terror - fhedding grate , My joy - deferted foul would pine away . Yet ne'er did her maternal voice unfold This cloister'd fcene in all its horror dreft ; , Nor ...
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... fate fubmiffive bow ; From fatal fymptoms if I right conceive , This ftream , Ophelia , has not long to flow , This voice to murmur , and this breast to heave . Ah ! when extended on th ' untimely bier , To yonder vault this form shall ...
... fate fubmiffive bow ; From fatal fymptoms if I right conceive , This ftream , Ophelia , has not long to flow , This voice to murmur , and this breast to heave . Ah ! when extended on th ' untimely bier , To yonder vault this form shall ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
æther beauty beſt beſtow bleffings blifs bloom bluſh bofom breaſt breath charms cheek DAVID GARRICK defcends e'er eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek fhade fhall figh filent filver fing firſt fleep flow flow'rs fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread friendſhip ftill fuch fweet glow goodneſs grace grove happineſs heart heav'n hour laſt luftre lyre mind moffy morn moſt mourn mufe mufic muſt nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions peace pleaſing pleaſure Plutus pow'r praife praiſe pride raiſe reft reſt rife riſe rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhed ſhine ſhould ſkies ſky ſmiling ſpread ſpring ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſtream ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe Whoſe wiſh youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 150 - Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the Poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, 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 81 - 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 186 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Página 178 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Página 183 - Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Página 193 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Página 99 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 82 - Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 149 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 185 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade; And young and old come forth to play On.