The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred PoetryC. Whittingham, 1806 - 304 страници |
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... thine eyes , Known ere its birth , known ere in embryo warm'd , By words depictur'd , or in action form'd : Trac'd from its point thy spirit marks its course , Directs its motion or repels its force . To gain some end , or frustrate ...
... thine eyes , Known ere its birth , known ere in embryo warm'd , By words depictur'd , or in action form'd : Trac'd from its point thy spirit marks its course , Directs its motion or repels its force . To gain some end , or frustrate ...
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... thine own divine , Our shining forms their kindred spirits join . Till thus restor'd , our rising head we meet , Reign on his throne , or prostrate at his feet : In heav'n's high dome eternal trophies raise , Our joy consummate , and ...
... thine own divine , Our shining forms their kindred spirits join . Till thus restor'd , our rising head we meet , Reign on his throne , or prostrate at his feet : In heav'n's high dome eternal trophies raise , Our joy consummate , and ...
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... these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? —Ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor , houseless , shivering female lies . F She once , perhaps , in village plenty blest , 97.
... these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? —Ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor , houseless , shivering female lies . F She once , perhaps , in village plenty blest , 97.
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... thine , fair Auburn , thine , the loveliest train , Do thy fair tribes participate her pain ? Ev'n now , perhaps , by cold and hunger led , At poor men's doors they ask a little bread ! Ah ! no . To distant climes , a dreary scene ...
... thine , fair Auburn , thine , the loveliest train , Do thy fair tribes participate her pain ? Ev'n now , perhaps , by cold and hunger led , At poor men's doors they ask a little bread ! Ah ! no . To distant climes , a dreary scene ...
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... thine ; And woo to linger in thy fair retreats , The radiant Virtues , progeny divine ! Bright Truth , the noblest of the sacred band , Sweet Peace , whose brow no ruffling frown de- forms , Fair Charity , with ever open hand , And ...
... thine ; And woo to linger in thy fair retreats , The radiant Virtues , progeny divine ! Bright Truth , the noblest of the sacred band , Sweet Peace , whose brow no ruffling frown de- forms , Fair Charity , with ever open hand , And ...
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angels behold beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom bow'rs breast breath bright charms cherub clime clouds crown'd darkness death deep divine dreadful dust e'er earth eternal ev'n ev'ry ev❜n eyes fair faithless fame fate fix'd flame flow'rs gloom glory golden grace grave GRONGAR HILL hand happy hast heart heaven hermit hill horrors hour land light liquid sky live LORD lyre mighty mind MONODY morn mortal Muse nature's ne'er night o'er pain patriot war peace Petrarch Pindus plain pleas'd pow'r praise pride proud rage rais'd rise round sacred scene seraph shade shine sight silent skies smile soft solemn song soul sound spread spring swain sweet SWEET Auburn swell tears tempest thee thine thou thought thro throne toil trembling Twas vale virtue voice waking eyes wand'ring waves Whilst wild winds wings wretch
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Страница 19 - On earth, join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end ! 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 94 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Страница 78 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Страница 90 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But. all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Страница 92 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Страница 95 - Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supplied; Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds, Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds; The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth Has robbed the neighbouring fields of half their growth, His seat, where solitary sports are seen, Indignant spurns the cottage from the green...
Страница 89 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.
Страница 147 - The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Страница 26 - His hand to execute what his decree Fix'd on this day? Why do I overlive? Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out To deathless pain ? How gladly would I meet Mortality my sentence, and be earth Insensible ! How glad would lay me down, As in my mother's lap ? There I should rest, And sleep secure...
Страница 145 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...