A Collection of PoemsJ.Hughs, for] R.and J.Dodsley, 1758 |
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... to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer fpirit , or more welcome shade . In what new region , to the juft affign'd , What new employments please th ' unbody'd mind ? A winged B. 4 A winged virtue , through th ' etherial sky , [ 23 ]
... to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer fpirit , or more welcome shade . In what new region , to the juft affign'd , What new employments please th ' unbody'd mind ? A winged B. 4 A winged virtue , through th ' etherial sky , [ 23 ]
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... shade . From other ills , however fortune frown'd , Some refuge in the Mufe's art I found ; Reluctant now I touch the trembling string , Bereft of him , who taught me how to fing ; And these fad accents , murmur'd o'er his urn , Betray ...
... shade . From other ills , however fortune frown'd , Some refuge in the Mufe's art I found ; Reluctant now I touch the trembling string , Bereft of him , who taught me how to fing ; And these fad accents , murmur'd o'er his urn , Betray ...
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... . Amid this garden , then with woods o'ergrown , Stood the lov'd feat of royal Oberon . From every region to his palace gate Came peers and princes of the fairy ftate , Who Who , rank'd in council round the facred shade , [ 43 ]
... . Amid this garden , then with woods o'ergrown , Stood the lov'd feat of royal Oberon . From every region to his palace gate Came peers and princes of the fairy ftate , Who Who , rank'd in council round the facred shade , [ 43 ]
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Who , rank'd in council round the facred shade , Their monarch's will and great behests obey'd . From Thame's fair banks , by lofty tow'rs adorn'd , With loads of plunder oft his chiefs return'd : Hence in proud robes , and colours ...
Who , rank'd in council round the facred shade , Their monarch's will and great behests obey'd . From Thame's fair banks , by lofty tow'rs adorn'd , With loads of plunder oft his chiefs return'd : Hence in proud robes , and colours ...
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... shade shivering ftands , and must not break His painful filence , till the mortal speak ; So far'd it with the little love - fick maid , Forbid to utter what her eyes betray'd . I He He faw her anguish , and reveal'd his flame , [ 46 ]
... shade shivering ftands , and must not break His painful filence , till the mortal speak ; So far'd it with the little love - fick maid , Forbid to utter what her eyes betray'd . I He He faw her anguish , and reveal'd his flame , [ 46 ]
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Términos y frases comunes
æther becauſe beneath bleffings bleft boaſt bofom breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms diftant dreadful eaſe endleſs Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fatire fecret feem fenfe fhades fhall fhew fhine fhould fhun fide filent fing firſt fkies flain fmiles foes fome fons foon foul ftands ftill ftreams fuch fwell Gaul grace Grongar Hill happineſs heart heav'n houſe joys juft kings lefs loft lyre mind moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud publick purſue quid rage raiſe reaſon reft rife riſe ſcene ſchemes ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſweet taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tow'rs uſe virtue whofe Whoſe wife wiſh wou'd youth
Pasajes populares
Página 216 - Below me trees unnumbered rise, Beautiful in various dyes: The gloomy pine, the poplar blue, The yellow beech, the sable yew, The slender fir that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
Página 202 - The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 194 - 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.
Página 326 - And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Página 187 - But all whom hunger spares, with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead.
Página 200 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare 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 pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.
Página 325 - 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.
Página 23 - 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...
Página 25 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Página 140 - Invite, and contemplation aid: Here nymphs from hollow oaks relate The dark decrees and will of fate, And dreams beneath the spreading beech Inspire, and docile fancy teach; While soft as breezy breath of wind, Impulses rustle through the mind: Here Dryads, scorning Phoebus