A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volumen 4Robert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Whofe iron fcourge and tort'ring hour The Bad affright , afflict the Best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain , And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before , unpitied and alone . When first ...
... Whofe iron fcourge and tort'ring hour The Bad affright , afflict the Best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain , And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before , unpitied and alone . When first ...
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... whofe pious and maternal care , The fubftitute of heavenly Providence , With tenderest love my orphan life did rear , And train me up to manly strength and sense ; With mildest awe , and virtuous influence , Directing my unpractis'd ...
... whofe pious and maternal care , The fubftitute of heavenly Providence , With tenderest love my orphan life did rear , And train me up to manly strength and sense ; With mildest awe , and virtuous influence , Directing my unpractis'd ...
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... whofe noble deeds A O'er Fairy Land by Fame were blazon'd round O For warlike enterprize , and fage areeds , Among the chief alike was he renown'd ; a Pædîa is a Greek word , fignifying Education . d . Areeds , counsels . Whence Whence ...
... whofe noble deeds A O'er Fairy Land by Fame were blazon'd round O For warlike enterprize , and fage areeds , Among the chief alike was he renown'd ; a Pædîa is a Greek word , fignifying Education . d . Areeds , counsels . Whence Whence ...
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... whofe uniform flat bofom glide Ten thousand streams , in winding mazes led , By various fluices from one common head ; A turbid mafs of waters , vast , profound , Hight of Philology the lake ; and fed By that rude torrent , which with ...
... whofe uniform flat bofom glide Ten thousand streams , in winding mazes led , By various fluices from one common head ; A turbid mafs of waters , vast , profound , Hight of Philology the lake ; and fed By that rude torrent , which with ...
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... whofe brow elate Shone the bright enfign of imperial state ; Albeit lawful kingdom he had none ; But laws and kingdoms wont he oft create , And oft'times over both erect his throne , While fenates , priests , and kings , his a fov'ran ...
... whofe brow elate Shone the bright enfign of imperial state ; Albeit lawful kingdom he had none ; But laws and kingdoms wont he oft create , And oft'times over both erect his throne , While fenates , priests , and kings , his a fov'ran ...
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beneath beſt bleft bloom bluſh boaſt bofom bow'r breaſt bright cauſe charms dæmons dear diftant eaſe erft Ev'n eyes facred fafe fage fair fame fate fcene fear feat fhade fhall fhine fide figh filent fing firſt flain fleep flow'rs fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons foon footh forrow foul fuch fure fweet fwelling fword grace grove heart heav'n Henry Pelham himſelf honour laſt lyre maid mind moſt mourn Mufe Muſe muſt night nymphs o'er paffion pain paſt peace penfive plain pleaſe pleaſure Pompey pow'r praiſe pride purſue raiſe reafon reſt rife riſe rofe roſe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhould ſkies ſky ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtore ſtray ſtream ſweet taſte tears thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil tranſport truth vale virtue Whilſt whofe Whoſe wiſdom wiſh youth
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Página 6 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 160 - LET observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Página 6 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 169 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Página 269 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Página 271 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Página 8 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...
Página 373 - To visit some far distant shrine, If he bear but a relique away, Is happy, nor heard to repine. Thus, widely remov'd from the fair, Where my vows, my devotion I owe ; Soft hope is the relique I bear, And my solace wherever I go.
Página 374 - twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
Página 164 - Where'er he turns, he meets a stranger's eye, His suppliants scorn him, and his followers fly; Now drops at once the pride of awful state, The golden canopy, the glitt'ring plate, The regal palace, the luxurious board, 115 The liv'ried army, and the menial lord.