The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: I. Elegies on several occasions. II. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. III. Levities, or pieces of humour. IV. Moral piecesR. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall., 1764 - 345 страници |
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... rose ; Sweet bird ! enamour'd of the sweetest flow'r ! He lov'd the mufe ; she taught him to complain ; He faw his tim'rous loves on her depend ; He lov'd the mufe , altho ' fhe taught in vain ; He lov'd the mufe , for she was virtue's ...
... rose ; Sweet bird ! enamour'd of the sweetest flow'r ! He lov'd the mufe ; she taught him to complain ; He faw his tim'rous loves on her depend ; He lov'd the mufe , altho ' fhe taught in vain ; He lov'd the mufe , for she was virtue's ...
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... roses blufh'd around . Now fadly lorn , from TWITNAM's widow'd bow'r , The drooping mufes take their cafual way ; And where they stop , a flood of tears they pour ; And where they weep , no more the fields are gay } Where is the dappled ...
... roses blufh'd around . Now fadly lorn , from TWITNAM's widow'd bow'r , The drooping mufes take their cafual way ; And where they stop , a flood of tears they pour ; And where they weep , no more the fields are gay } Where is the dappled ...
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... . Then glows the breast , as op'ning roses fair ; More free , more vivid than the linnet's wing ; Honeft as light , transparent ev'n as air , Tender as buds , and lavish as the fpring . Not Not all the force of manhood's active might , Not.
... . Then glows the breast , as op'ning roses fair ; More free , more vivid than the linnet's wing ; Honeft as light , transparent ev'n as air , Tender as buds , and lavish as the fpring . Not Not all the force of manhood's active might , Not.
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... rose surpast ; Yet feem'd her lip's etherial fmile the fame . Nor fuch her hair as deck'd her living face ; Nor fuch her voice as charm'd the lift'ning crowd ; Nor fuch her drefs as heighten'd ev'ry grace ; Alas ! all vanish'd for the ...
... rose surpast ; Yet feem'd her lip's etherial fmile the fame . Nor fuch her hair as deck'd her living face ; Nor fuch her voice as charm'd the lift'ning crowd ; Nor fuch her drefs as heighten'd ev'ry grace ; Alas ! all vanish'd for the ...
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... roses in profufion , Said to fade when CHLOE's near ; Fops may use the fame allufion ; But the fhepherd is fincere . Hark to yonder milk - maid finging Chearly o'er the brimming pail , Cowflips all around her springing Sweetly paint the ...
... roses in profufion , Said to fade when CHLOE's near ; Fops may use the fame allufion ; But the fhepherd is fincere . Hark to yonder milk - maid finging Chearly o'er the brimming pail , Cowflips all around her springing Sweetly paint the ...
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Страница 334 - And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which learning near her little dome did...
Страница 193 - I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to a dove, That it ever attended the bold ; And she call'd it the sister of love. But her words such a pleasure convey, So much I her accents adore, Let her speak, and whatever she say, Methinks, I should love her the more.
Страница 341 - Till Fear has taught them a performance meet, And to the well-known chest the dame repair; Whence oft with sugar'd cates she doth 'em greet, And ginger-bread y-rare; now, certes, doubly sweet!
Страница 126 - AVON'S tide ; Bright as the water-lily, fprung, And glittering near its fide. Frefh as the bordering flowers, her bloom : Her eye, all mild to view ; The little halcyon's azure plume Was never half fo blue. Her...
Страница 195 - Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die.
Страница 127 - ' 'Tis Strephon, on the mountain's brow, Has won my right good will; To him I gave my plighted vow, With him I'll climb the hill.
Страница 147 - Then fkip'd aloof with quaint amaze ; And then drew near, again to gaze.
Страница 340 - She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe. 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 336 - 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 337 - Fresh baum, and marygold of cheerful hue : The lowly gill, that never dares to climb ; And more I fain would sing, disdaining here to rhyme.