Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts : Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining : the Whole Being a Collection of the Best Pieces in Our LanguageWilliam Davenhill, 1770 - 248 страници |
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... trembling Winter close the annual round . The vegetable tribes obfervant trace , From the tall cedar to the creeping grafs : The chain of animated beings fcale , From the fmall reptile to th ' enormous whale ; From the ftrong eagle ...
... trembling Winter close the annual round . The vegetable tribes obfervant trace , From the tall cedar to the creeping grafs : The chain of animated beings fcale , From the fmall reptile to th ' enormous whale ; From the ftrong eagle ...
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... tremble at myself . Our waking dreams are fatal . How I dreamt Of joys perpetual in perpetual change ! Of stable pleasures on the toffing wave ! Eternal funfhine in the ftorms of life ! How richly were my noon - tide trances hung With ...
... tremble at myself . Our waking dreams are fatal . How I dreamt Of joys perpetual in perpetual change ! Of stable pleasures on the toffing wave ! Eternal funfhine in the ftorms of life ! How richly were my noon - tide trances hung With ...
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... tremble at the bleffings once fo dear ; And ev'ry pleasure pains me to the heart . Yet why complain ? or why complain for one ? Hangs out the fun his luftre but for me , The fingle man ? Are angels all befide ? I mourn for millions ...
... tremble at the bleffings once fo dear ; And ev'ry pleasure pains me to the heart . Yet why complain ? or why complain for one ? Hangs out the fun his luftre but for me , The fingle man ? Are angels all befide ? I mourn for millions ...
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... trembling view the boiling deeps below ; Lead thro ' the dubious maze , direct the whole , Lend heav'nly aid to my transported foul , " Teach ev'ry nobler power to guide my tongue , And touch the heart , while thou infpir'ft the song ...
... trembling view the boiling deeps below ; Lead thro ' the dubious maze , direct the whole , Lend heav'nly aid to my transported foul , " Teach ev'ry nobler power to guide my tongue , And touch the heart , while thou infpir'ft the song ...
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... Where once the beauty bloom'd , the warrior shone ; We faw Palmyra's mould'ring tow'rs decay'd , The loose wall tott'ring o'er the trembling shade ! Or fall'n Persepolis that defert lay ! Or Balbec's fanes F 3 Or YOUNG 69 LADIE S.
... Where once the beauty bloom'd , the warrior shone ; We faw Palmyra's mould'ring tow'rs decay'd , The loose wall tott'ring o'er the trembling shade ! Or fall'n Persepolis that defert lay ! Or Balbec's fanes F 3 Or YOUNG 69 LADIE S.
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Страница 34 - The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies! Sink down, ye mountains! and ye valleys, rise! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay! Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, give way! The Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold!
Страница 227 - GIRDLE. That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer, My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass, and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Страница 39 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Страница 39 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. 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...
Страница 33 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th' Ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Страница 31 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Страница 63 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Страница 64 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 30 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Страница 42 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire.