Bell's Edition, Volumes 91-92J. Bell, 1787 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 72
Página xv
... plain " Shakes from afar . " In no one fubject are common poets more confused and " unmeaning , than in their defcription of rivers , which are " generally faid only to wind and to murmur , while their quali- " tics and courfes are ...
... plain " Shakes from afar . " In no one fubject are common poets more confused and " unmeaning , than in their defcription of rivers , which are " generally faid only to wind and to murmur , while their quali- " tics and courfes are ...
Página xvi
... plain , " A various group the herds and flocks compofe , " Rural confufion ! " A group worthy the pencil of Giacomo de Baffano , and " fo minutely delineated , that he might have worked from * this sketch ; " on the graffy bank " Some ...
... plain , " A various group the herds and flocks compofe , " Rural confufion ! " A group worthy the pencil of Giacomo de Baffano , and " fo minutely delineated , that he might have worked from * this sketch ; " on the graffy bank " Some ...
Página xxv
... plain stone , without any in- fcription ; nor did his brother poets at all exert them- felves on the occafion , as they had lately done for one who had been the terror of poets all his lifetime . This filence furnished matter to one of ...
... plain stone , without any in- fcription ; nor did his brother poets at all exert them- felves on the occafion , as they had lately done for one who had been the terror of poets all his lifetime . This filence furnished matter to one of ...
Página 33
... plains defcend . O Hertford fitted or to fhine in courts With unaffected grace , or walk the plain ' With innocence and meditation join'd In foft affemblage , liften to my song , Which thy own season paints , when Nature all Is blooming ...
... plains defcend . O Hertford fitted or to fhine in courts With unaffected grace , or walk the plain ' With innocence and meditation join'd In foft affemblage , liften to my song , Which thy own season paints , when Nature all Is blooming ...
Página 37
... plains , And fee the country , far diffus'd around , 105 One boundless blush , one white - empurpled shower Of mingled bloffoms , where the raptur'd eye 110 Hurries from joy to joy , and , hid beneath The fair profufion , yellow Autumn ...
... plains , And fee the country , far diffus'd around , 105 One boundless blush , one white - empurpled shower Of mingled bloffoms , where the raptur'd eye 110 Hurries from joy to joy , and , hid beneath The fair profufion , yellow Autumn ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
amid arts beft behold beneath beſt blifs boundleſs breaſt breath Britons clouds deep defcends delight earth ether facred fafe fair fame fatire fave fcene feas fecret fhade fhines fhore fhould filent fing firft firſt fkies flame fleep flood fmile fnows focial foft fome fong fons foul ftate ftill ftores ftorm ftrain ftream fuch funk fweet fwell gale gloom glory grace Greece heart heaven himſelf JAMES THOMSON laft land laſt lefs Liberty light loft mix'd mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's o'er paffions peace pleaſing pleaſure pour'd pride rage rais'd raiſe reign rife rofe Rome round rous'd ſcene ſhade ſhakes ſhe ſhore ſky ſmile ſpirit ſpread ſprings ſtate ſtill ſtorm tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures tyrant vale virtue wafte waſte wave whence whofe whoſe wild winds Wiſdom
Passagens conhecidas
Página 203 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Página 73 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Página 231 - Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And* every sense and every heart is joy. Then comes thy glory in the summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year...
Página 231 - Shoots full perfection through the swelling year: And oft thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks, And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve, By brooks and groves in hollow-whispering gales. Thy bounty shines in Autumn unconfined, And spreads a common feast for all that lives.
Página 184 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Página 200 - Along the mazy current. Low the woods Bow their hoar head ; and ere the languid sun Faint from the west emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.
Página 155 - Though restless still themselves, a lulling murmur made. Joined to the prattle of the purling rills, Were heard the lowing herds along the vale, And flocks loud-bleating from the distant hills, And vacant shepherds piping in the dale : And now and then sweet Philomel would wail, Or stock-doves...
Página 53 - Hail, Source of Being ! Universal Soul Of Heaven and Earth ! Essential Presence, hail ! To Thee I bend the knee ; to Thee my thoughts Continual climb ; who, with a master-hand, Hast the great whole into perfection touch'd.
Página 157 - While o'er th' enfeebling lute his hand he flung, And to the trembling chords these tempting verses sung: 'Behold, ye pilgrims of this earth, behold! See all but man with unearned pleasure gay ! See her bright robes the butterfly unfold, Broke from her wintry tomb in prime of May. What youthful bride can equal her array? Who can with her for easy pleasure vie? From mead to mead with gentle wing to stray, From flower to flower on balmy gales to fly, Is all she has to do beneath the radiant sky.
Página 72 - But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend. Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace ; but harmony itself, Attuning all their passions into love ; Where friendship...