A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands: With NotesJ. Dodsley, 1782 |
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الصفحة 22
... show'ry bow . In happy chains our daring language bound , Shall sport no more in arbitrary found , But bufkin'd bards henceforth fhall wifely rage , And Grecian plans reform Britannia's ftage : Robert Harley , Earl of Oxford . ' Till ...
... show'ry bow . In happy chains our daring language bound , Shall sport no more in arbitrary found , But bufkin'd bards henceforth fhall wifely rage , And Grecian plans reform Britannia's ftage : Robert Harley , Earl of Oxford . ' Till ...
الصفحة 27
... show What worthies form the hallow'd mould below : 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 facred ...
... show What worthies form the hallow'd mould below : 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 facred ...
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... show'd us the wife course to steer , A candid cenfor , and a friend fincere ; There taught us how to live ; and ( oh ! too high The price for knowledge ) taught us how to die " . Thou hill , whofe brow the antique ftructures grace ...
... show'd us the wife course to steer , A candid cenfor , and a friend fincere ; There taught us how to live ; and ( oh ! too high The price for knowledge ) taught us how to die " . Thou hill , whofe brow the antique ftructures grace ...
الصفحة 49
... show'ry bow . Here England's daughter " , darling of the land , Sometimes , furrounded with her virgin band , Gleams through the fhades . She , tow'ring o'er the reft , Stands faireft of the fairer kind confefs'd , Form'd to gain hearts ...
... show'ry bow . Here England's daughter " , darling of the land , Sometimes , furrounded with her virgin band , Gleams through the fhades . She , tow'ring o'er the reft , Stands faireft of the fairer kind confefs'd , Form'd to gain hearts ...
الصفحة 51
... ; No mortal enter'd , thofe alone who came Stolen from the couch of some terrestrial dame : • A famous puppet - show man , whose name frequently occurs in the Spectator , D 2 For For oft of babes they robb'd the matron's bed , [ 5 ]
... ; No mortal enter'd , thofe alone who came Stolen from the couch of some terrestrial dame : • A famous puppet - show man , whose name frequently occurs in the Spectator , D 2 For For oft of babes they robb'd the matron's bed , [ 5 ]
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الصفحة 286 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
الصفحة 243 - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
الصفحة 225 - Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles on a smooth canal ; The mountains round, unhappy fate! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies...
الصفحة 225 - As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air Which to those who journey near Barren, brown and rough appear: Still we tread the same coarse way; The present's still a cloudy day.
الصفحة 213 - The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
الصفحة 338 - Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As musing slow I hail Thy genial loved return. For when thy folding-star * arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
الصفحة 337 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY.
الصفحة 251 - 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...
الصفحة 211 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakespeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His powerful strokes presiding truth impress'd, And unresisted passion storm'd the breast.
الصفحة 225 - In all the hues of heaven's bow, And, swelling to embrace the light, Spreads around beneath the sight.