The Works of the English Poets: GayH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... thou the force To wind the twisted horn , to guide the horse ? To keep thy feat unmov'd , halt thou the skill , O'er the high gate , and down the headlong hill ? Canft thou the flag's laborious chace direct , Or the strong fox through ...
... thou the force To wind the twisted horn , to guide the horse ? To keep thy feat unmov'd , halt thou the skill , O'er the high gate , and down the headlong hill ? Canft thou the flag's laborious chace direct , Or the strong fox through ...
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... thou mightest fee it , dideft thou take a walk into the fields at the < proper feafon : even as maister Milton hath elegantly fet forth the fame : " As As one who long in populous city pent , " 46 POEMS . GAY'S.
... thou mightest fee it , dideft thou take a walk into the fields at the < proper feafon : even as maister Milton hath elegantly fet forth the fame : " As As one who long in populous city pent , " 46 POEMS . GAY'S.
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... Thou wilt not find my fhepherdeffes idly piping on oaten reeds , but milking the kine , tying up the fheaves , or if the hogs are aftray driving them to the styes . My fhepherd gathereth none other nofegays but what are the growth of ...
... Thou wilt not find my fhepherdeffes idly piping on oaten reeds , but milking the kine , tying up the fheaves , or if the hogs are aftray driving them to the styes . My fhepherd gathereth none other nofegays but what are the growth of ...
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... thou henceforth fweetly fleep ! Sheer , fwains , oh fheer your fofteft sheep , To fwell his couch ; for , well I ween , He fav'd the realm , who fav'd the Queen . Quoth I , please God , I'll hye with glee To court , this Arbuthnot to ...
... thou henceforth fweetly fleep ! Sheer , fwains , oh fheer your fofteft sheep , To fwell his couch ; for , well I ween , He fav'd the realm , who fav'd the Queen . Quoth I , please God , I'll hye with glee To court , this Arbuthnot to ...
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... thou haft mine Eclogues fair , But let not these detain thine ear . Let not th ' affairs of states and kings Wait , while our Bowzybeus fings . Rather than verse of simple swain Should ftay the trade of France or Spain ; Or , for the ...
... thou haft mine Eclogues fair , But let not these detain thine ear . Let not th ' affairs of states and kings Wait , while our Bowzybeus fings . Rather than verse of simple swain Should ftay the trade of France or Spain ; Or , for the ...
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ACIS AND GALATEA Alcmena arms Blouzelind boaſt bofom breaft charms cheek Cloacina coach crouds CUDDY dame damfel defcend DORIS ECLOGUE EPISTLE erft Ev'n eyes fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fecret feems feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhould fhow fide Fidelio fighs filver fing firft firſt fkies flain flame fleep flies flow flowers fmiles foft fome fong foon forrow foul ftands ftill ftrains ftreams fuch fudden fung fure fwain fweet fwelling Galanthis Goddefs grace guife hand heart laft LOBBIN CLOUT loft Lubberkin maid Molly Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion pafs plain pleaſure praiſe prefent pride purſue Quadrille raiſe refound rife rofe round ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtreet ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou trembling Twas verſe VIRG Whofe Whoſe youth
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Página 8 - When if an infeft fall (his certain guide), He gently takes him from the whirling tide; Examines well his form with curious eyes, His gaudy veft, his wings, his horns, and fize; Then round his hook the chofen fur he winds, 205 And on the back a fpeckled feather binds, So juft the colours
Página 74 - I three times mark the ground, •* And turn me thrice around, around, around." Laft Valentine, the day when birds of kind Their paramours with mutual chirpings find; I rearly rofe, juft at the break of day, Before the fun had
Página 251 - where fhall I my true-love find ? Tell me, ye jovial failors, tell me true, If my fweet William fails among the crew. William, who high upon the yard Rock'd with the billow to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He
Página 263 - merit, Unite in my fweet Molly Mog. Thofe who toaft all the Family Royal, In bumpers of Hogan and Nog, Have hearts not more true or more loyal Than mine to my fweet Molly Mog. Were Virgil alive with his Phyllis, And writing another Eclogue ; Both his Phyllis and fair Amaryllis
Página 199 - when that giant babe that head of thine Got in his mouth, my heart was up in mine ! When in the marrow-bone I fee thee ramm'd, Or on the houfe-top by the monkey cramm'd, The piteous images renew my pain, And all thy dangers I weep o'er again. But on the maiden's nipple when you rid, Pray
Página 262 - Molly Mog. The heart when half wounded is changing, It here and there leaps like a frog; But my heart can never be ranging, 'Tis fo fix'd upon fweet Molly Mog. * Who follows all ladies of pleafure, In pleafure is thought but a hog; All the fex cannot give fo good
Página 269 - are, Methinks I tafte them yet; Brown as a berry is her hair, Her eyes as black as jet: As fmooth as glafs, as white as curds, Her pretty hand invites ; Sharp as a needle are her words; Her wit, like pepper, bites : Brifk as a
Página 252 - Let me kifs off that falling tear; We only part to meet again.. Change, as ye lift, ye winds ; my heart fliall be The faithful compafs that ftill points
Página 199 - O may the king that one negleft forgive, And pardon her the fault by which I live ! W^as there no other way to fet him free ? My life, alas ! I fear, prov'd death to thee. O teach me, Dear, new words to fpeak my flame! Teach me to
Página 197 - ivife; Once thou didft cleave, and I could cleave for life. Hear, and relent! hark, how thy children moan : Be kind at leaft to thefe --they are thy own ! Be bold, and count them all; fecure to find The honeft number that you left behind. See how they pat thee with their pretty paws