A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
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... feen , tumultuous paffions roll , And hints of glory fire the Briton's foul ; In fancy'd fights he fees the troops engage , And all the tempeft of the battle rage . Charm me , ye pow'rs , with scenes less nobly bright , Far humbler ...
... feen , tumultuous paffions roll , And hints of glory fire the Briton's foul ; In fancy'd fights he fees the troops engage , And all the tempeft of the battle rage . Charm me , ye pow'rs , with scenes less nobly bright , Far humbler ...
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... feen , tumultuous paffions roll , And hints of glory fire the Briton's foul ; In fancy'd fights he fees the troops engage , And all the tempeft of the battle rage . Charm me , ye pow'rs , with scenes lefs nobly bright , Far humbler ...
... feen , tumultuous paffions roll , And hints of glory fire the Briton's foul ; In fancy'd fights he fees the troops engage , And all the tempeft of the battle rage . Charm me , ye pow'rs , with scenes lefs nobly bright , Far humbler ...
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... Heroick virtue is by action feen , And vices ferve to make it keen ; And as gigantick tyrants rise , NASSAUS and CHURCHILLS leave the skies , The earth - born monsters to chastise . E 4 V. If , V. If , heav'nly Mufe , you burn with a [ 71 ]
... Heroick virtue is by action feen , And vices ferve to make it keen ; And as gigantick tyrants rise , NASSAUS and CHURCHILLS leave the skies , The earth - born monsters to chastise . E 4 V. If , V. If , heav'nly Mufe , you burn with a [ 71 ]
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... feen . " Ah ! cruel princess , for thy fake I've lost " That reputation which fo dear had coft : “ I , who avoided every publick place , " When bloom and beauty bid me show my face ; " Now near thee conftant ev'ry night abide " With ...
... feen . " Ah ! cruel princess , for thy fake I've lost " That reputation which fo dear had coft : “ I , who avoided every publick place , " When bloom and beauty bid me show my face ; " Now near thee conftant ev'ry night abide " With ...
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... feen : With ftudied art on nature you refine- The spring beheld you warm in this defign , But fcarce the cold attacks your fav'rite trees , Your inclination fails , and wishes freeze : You quit the grove , fo lately you admir'd ; With ...
... feen : With ftudied art on nature you refine- The spring beheld you warm in this defign , But fcarce the cold attacks your fav'rite trees , Your inclination fails , and wishes freeze : You quit the grove , fo lately you admir'd ; With ...
Términos y frases comunes
æther becauſe Behold beneath bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh brow cauſe charms curs'd diſplay diſtant dreadful duft eaſe ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fatire fecret feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhun fide filent fing firft firſt fkies flain flow'ry fmiles foes folemn fome fons foon footh foul ftill fuch fweet fwell Gaul grace Grongar Hill guife heart heav'n honour houſe joys laſt lefs loft lyre mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er nymphs o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud publick purſue rage raiſe reafon rife ruins ſcene ſchemes ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhould ſhow SILLIANDER ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit Spleen ſpread ſpring ſtage ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtreams ſweet Taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro tow'rs uſe virtue whofe whoſe wiſh wou'd youth
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Página 22 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Página 191 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 288 - 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 203 - Grongar Hill Silent nymph! with curious eye Who the purple evening lie On the mountain's lonely van Beyond the noise of busy man, Painting fair the form of things...
Página 20 - 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 23 - COLIN AND LUCY. A BALLAD. OF Leinster, fam'd for maidens fair, Bright Lucy was the grace ; Nor e'er did Liffy's limpid stream Reflect so sweet a face : Till luckless love, and pining care, Impair'd her rosy hue, Her coral lips, and damask cheeks, And eyes of glossy blue. Oh ! have you seen a lily pale, When beating rains descend ? So droop'd the slow-consuming maid, Her life now near its end. By Lucy warn'd, of flattering...
Página 206 - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Página 207 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky; The pleasant seat, the ruined tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.
Página 204 - Does the face of Nature show In all the hues of heaven's bow, And, swelling to embrace the light, Spreads around beneath the sight.
Página 19 - Oh judge, my bosom by your own. What mourner ever felt poetic fires ! Slow comes the verse that real woe inspires : Grief unaffected suits but ill with art, Or flowing numbers with a bleeding heart.