Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... lies . Bleft pair ! whose union future bards fhall tell In future tongues : Each other's boaft ! farewel . Farewel ! whom join'd in fame , in friendship try'd , No chance could fever , nor the grave divide . THO . TICKELL : THE THE ...
... lies . Bleft pair ! whose union future bards fhall tell In future tongues : Each other's boaft ! farewel . Farewel ! whom join'd in fame , in friendship try'd , No chance could fever , nor the grave divide . THO . TICKELL : THE THE ...
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... lie beating on the shore ; She faw thee climb the banks , but try'd in vain To trace her Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick embattel'd lines he broke , Now plung'd amidst the foes , now loft in clouds of smoke . O ...
... lie beating on the shore ; She faw thee climb the banks , but try'd in vain To trace her Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick embattel'd lines he broke , Now plung'd amidst the foes , now loft in clouds of smoke . O ...
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... lies hid in years to come , That shall in WILLIAM'S God - like acts engage , And with his battles warm a future age , Hibernian fields fhall here thy conquests show , And Boyn be fung , when it has ceas'd to flow ; Here Gallic labours ...
... lies hid in years to come , That shall in WILLIAM'S God - like acts engage , And with his battles warm a future age , Hibernian fields fhall here thy conquests show , And Boyn be fung , when it has ceas'd to flow ; Here Gallic labours ...
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... lies fmoking on the ground . His toils for no ignoble ends defign'd , Promote the common welfare of mankind ; No wild ambition moves , but Europe's fears , The cries of orphans , and the widow's tears : Oppreft Religion gives the firft ...
... lies fmoking on the ground . His toils for no ignoble ends defign'd , Promote the common welfare of mankind ; No wild ambition moves , but Europe's fears , The cries of orphans , and the widow's tears : Oppreft Religion gives the firft ...
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... lies open now to either pole : Now may we fafely use the Northern gales , And in the Polar Circle fpread our fails : Or deep in Southern climes , fecure from wars , New lands explore , and fail by other stars : Fetch Fetch uncontroll'd ...
... lies open now to either pole : Now may we fafely use the Northern gales , And in the Polar Circle fpread our fails : Or deep in Southern climes , fecure from wars , New lands explore , and fail by other stars : Fetch Fetch uncontroll'd ...
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Æneid Aëre æther amidſt arms atque BAROMETRI bleft bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus caft courfe courſe Cycnus defcription diftant eaſe ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fkies flain fome fong foul fpring ftand ftill ftrength fubject fuch fuci Gaul Georgic goddeſs Gods Gulfton heav'n herſelf himſelf itſelf Jove laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring Nimbis numbers Nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem poet purſue Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhow ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſteeds ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtreams thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil Whilft whofe winds woods wou'd youth
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Страница xxx - 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 xxxii - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Страница 65 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Страница 87 - While to exalt thy doom, th' aspiring Gaul Shares thy destruction, and adorns thy fall. Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Temp'ring each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. Long did he strive th...
Страница 87 - That proudly set thee on a fancy'd throne, And made imaginary realms thy own ! Thy troops, that now behind the Danube join, .Shall...
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Страница 67 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Страница 63 - On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies...
Страница 55 - I look for streams immortaliz'd in song. That lost in silence and oblivion lie, (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry), Yet run for ever by the muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Страница xl - How thy own laurel firft began to grow ; How wild Lycaon, chang'd by angry Gods, And frighted at himfelf, ran howling thro