The Poems of William CollinsH. Frowde, 1907 - 90 страници |
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... College was at an interval of twelve or fifteen years , and when , in a deplorable state of mind , he had been long under confinement ; but no sooner ܕ had his old schoolfellow on this occasion presented himself MEMOIR.
... College was at an interval of twelve or fifteen years , and when , in a deplorable state of mind , he had been long under confinement ; but no sooner ܕ had his old schoolfellow on this occasion presented himself MEMOIR.
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... College , under Dr. John Burton . Here he soon began to write poetry ; indeed his first poem , ' The Battle of the School - books , ' was composed when he was only twelve ; one line survives : And every Gradus flapp'd his leathern wing ...
... College , under Dr. John Burton . Here he soon began to write poetry ; indeed his first poem , ' The Battle of the School - books , ' was composed when he was only twelve ; one line survives : And every Gradus flapp'd his leathern wing ...
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... College , Oxford ; but , as no vacancy occurred , he went as a commoner to Queen's College , and thence , in July , 1741 , to Magdalen College , where he was elected to a demy- ship , possibly through the influence of his cousin William ...
... College , Oxford ; but , as no vacancy occurred , he went as a commoner to Queen's College , and thence , in July , 1741 , to Magdalen College , where he was elected to a demy- ship , possibly through the influence of his cousin William ...
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... college life . ' His fastidious , restless , fanciful spirit chafed at a pedestrian existence . The anecdote of Hampton's descent upon a tea - party in Collins's rooms , where ' several intelligent friends were as- sembled ... to enjoy ...
... college life . ' His fastidious , restless , fanciful spirit chafed at a pedestrian existence . The anecdote of Hampton's descent upon a tea - party in Collins's rooms , where ' several intelligent friends were as- sembled ... to enjoy ...
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... for Thomas Warton , then a young tutor at Trinity College , Oxford , to take his last leave of him . How- ever , he recovered from his malady and went to Chichester in the summer : perhaps it was then that xviii MEMOIR.
... for Thomas Warton , then a young tutor at Trinity College , Oxford , to take his last leave of him . How- ever , he recovered from his malady and went to Chichester in the summer : perhaps it was then that xviii MEMOIR.
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Страница 58 - He threw his blood-stain'd sword in thunder down ; And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe ! And ever and anon he beat...
Страница 58 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She...
Страница 40 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Страница 60 - Can well recall what then it heard. Where is thy native simple heart Devote to Virtue, Fancy, Art?
Страница 52 - midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams ! Or if chill blust'ring winds, or driving rain, Prevent my willing feet ; be mine the hut That, from the mountain's side, Views wilds, and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires ! And hears their simple bell ! and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil...
Страница 51 - Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum: Now teach me, maid composed, To breathe some softened strain, Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit, As, musing...
Страница 58 - Poured through the mellow horn her pensive soul : And, dashing soft from rocks around, Bubbling runnels joined the sound ; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing In hollow murmurs died away.
Страница 64 - And mid the varied landscape weep. But thou, who own'st that earthy bed, Ah ! what will every dirge avail? Or tears which love and pity shed, That mourn beneath the gliding sail?
Страница 51 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Страница 63 - Then maids and youths shall linger here, And while its sounds at distance swell, Shall sadly seem in pity's ear To hear the woodland pilgrim's knell.