The Beauties of English Poesy, Том 1William Griffin, 1767 - 12 страници |
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... should triumph , virtue vice obey ; This fprung fome doubt of providence's sway : His hopes no more a certain prospect boast , And all the tenour of his foul is loft : So when a smooth expanfe receives , imprest , Calm nature's image on ...
... should triumph , virtue vice obey ; This fprung fome doubt of providence's sway : His hopes no more a certain prospect boast , And all the tenour of his foul is loft : So when a smooth expanfe receives , imprest , Calm nature's image on ...
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... should fuch , within himself he cry'd , Lock the loft wealth a thoufand want befide ? But what new marks of wonder foon took place In ev'ry fettling feature of his face ; When from his veft the young companion bore That cup , the gen ...
... should fuch , within himself he cry'd , Lock the loft wealth a thoufand want befide ? But what new marks of wonder foon took place In ev'ry fettling feature of his face ; When from his veft the young companion bore That cup , the gen ...
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... Should Heaven's juft bolts Orgilio's wealth confound , And spread his flaming palace on the ground , Swift o'er the land the difmal rumour flies , And public mournings pacify the skies ; The The laureate tribe in fervile verfe relate ...
... Should Heaven's juft bolts Orgilio's wealth confound , And spread his flaming palace on the ground , Swift o'er the land the difmal rumour flies , And public mournings pacify the skies ; The The laureate tribe in fervile verfe relate ...
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... should not honour'd eld with these revere : For never title yet fo mean could prove , But there was eke a mind which did that title love . One ancient hen she took delight to feed , The plodding pattern of the busy dame ; Which , ever ...
... should not honour'd eld with these revere : For never title yet fo mean could prove , But there was eke a mind which did that title love . One ancient hen she took delight to feed , The plodding pattern of the busy dame ; Which , ever ...
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... should't be like in fame , As thine his fate , if mine had been his flame ) But whofoe'er it was , nature defign'd First a brave place , and then as brave a mind . Not to recount those sev'ral kings , to whom It gave a cradle , or to ...
... should't be like in fame , As thine his fate , if mine had been his flame ) But whofoe'er it was , nature defign'd First a brave place , and then as brave a mind . Not to recount those sev'ral kings , to whom It gave a cradle , or to ...
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Страница 49 - 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.
Страница 42 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Страница 47 - 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...
Страница 39 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Страница 57 - One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his fav'rite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill. Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne.
Страница 47 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Страница 57 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Страница 216 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot.
Страница 54 - 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 the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Страница 50 - 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.