A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Том 1Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1755 |
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... fame with chriftian blood to buy , Nor afks for glory at a price fo high . At her decree the war fufpended ftands , And Britain's heroes hold their lifted hands , Their open brows no threat'ning frowns difguife , But gentler paffions ...
... fame with chriftian blood to buy , Nor afks for glory at a price fo high . At her decree the war fufpended ftands , And Britain's heroes hold their lifted hands , Their open brows no threat'ning frowns difguife , But gentler paffions ...
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... fame they trace , Till far Germania fhews her blasted face . Th ' exulting Briton asks his mournful guide , Where his hard fate the loft Bavaria try'd ; Where Stepney grav'd the stone to ANNA's fame , He points to Blenheim , once a ...
... fame they trace , Till far Germania fhews her blasted face . Th ' exulting Briton asks his mournful guide , Where his hard fate the loft Bavaria try'd ; Where Stepney grav'd the stone to ANNA's fame , He points to Blenheim , once a ...
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... While fhepherds fleep , along the rampart laid , Or pipe beneath the formidable fhade . Who was the man ? ( Oblivion blast his name , Torn out and blotted from the list of fame ! ) Who Who fond of lawless rule , and proudly brave , [ 10 ]
... While fhepherds fleep , along the rampart laid , Or pipe beneath the formidable fhade . Who was the man ? ( Oblivion blast his name , Torn out and blotted from the list of fame ! ) Who Who fond of lawless rule , and proudly brave , [ 10 ]
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... fame survey ! Hence the rich prize of useful arts he bore , And round his empire fpread the learned ftore , { T ' adorn old realms is more than new to raise , His country's parent is a monarch's praise . ) His bands now march in just ...
... fame survey ! Hence the rich prize of useful arts he bore , And round his empire fpread the learned ftore , { T ' adorn old realms is more than new to raise , His country's parent is a monarch's praise . ) His bands now march in just ...
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... fame ! The mufe admires it , while fhe ftrives to blame ; Thy toils be now to chace the bounding deer , Or view the courfers ftretch in wild career ; This lovely scene fhall footh thy foul to reft , And wear each dreadful image from thy ...
... fame ! The mufe admires it , while fhe ftrives to blame ; Thy toils be now to chace the bounding deer , Or view the courfers ftretch in wild career ; This lovely scene fhall footh thy foul to reft , And wear each dreadful image from thy ...
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æther beauty becauſe beneath bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms courſe curs'd defire diftant dreadful eaſe endleſs Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fatire fear fecret feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhew fhun fide fighs filent fing firſt fkies flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftate ftill ftream fuch Gaul grace happineſs heart heav'n houſe laft laſt lefs loft mind moſt mufe muft muſe muſt ne'er night nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud publick purſue quæ quid rage raiſe reaſon reft rife ſcene ſeem ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtage ſtands ſtate ſtay ſtill ſweet thee Thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſh wou'd youth
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Страница 223 - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Страница 256 - But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain...
Страница 200 - This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.
Страница 254 - Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair ; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high atchievements does declare-; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forthcoming rod ; — unpleasing sight, I ween.
Страница 208 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Страница 25 - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd ; or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven...
Страница 195 - Here let those reign, whom pensions can incite To vote a patriot black, a courtier white; Explain their country's dear-bought rights away, And plead for pirates in the face of day; With slavish tenets taint our poison'd youth, And lend a lie the confidence of truth.
Страница 251 - Who should not honour'd eld with these revere: For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a Mind which did that title love.
Страница 145 - Annuity securely made, A farm some twenty miles from town, Small, tight, salubrious, and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A...