The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... heaven - taught warbler ! last and best Of all the train ! Poet , in whom conjoin'd All that to ear , or heart , or head , could yield Rapture ; harmonious , manly , clear , sublime . Accept this gratulation : may it cheer Thy sinking ...
... heaven - taught warbler ! last and best Of all the train ! Poet , in whom conjoin'd All that to ear , or heart , or head , could yield Rapture ; harmonious , manly , clear , sublime . Accept this gratulation : may it cheer Thy sinking ...
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... heaven - directed plan Mark'd each meander in the maze of man ; Unmoved by sophistry , unawed by name , No dupe to doctrines , and no fool to fame ; Led by no system's devious glare astray , That meteorlike but glitters to betray- Yes ...
... heaven - directed plan Mark'd each meander in the maze of man ; Unmoved by sophistry , unawed by name , No dupe to doctrines , and no fool to fame ; Led by no system's devious glare astray , That meteorlike but glitters to betray- Yes ...
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... Heaven's own views fair opening on his mind , Caught from bright nature's flame the living ray , Through passion's cloud pour'd in resistless day ; And taught mankind , in reasoning Pride's despite , That God is wise , and all that is ...
... Heaven's own views fair opening on his mind , Caught from bright nature's flame the living ray , Through passion's cloud pour'd in resistless day ; And taught mankind , in reasoning Pride's despite , That God is wise , and all that is ...
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... heaven - wove robe of harmony . Come , imperial Queen of Song ; Come with all that free - born grace Which lifts thee from the servile throng Who meanly mimic thy majestic pace ; That glance of dignity divine , Which speaks thee of ...
... heaven - wove robe of harmony . Come , imperial Queen of Song ; Come with all that free - born grace Which lifts thee from the servile throng Who meanly mimic thy majestic pace ; That glance of dignity divine , Which speaks thee of ...
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... heavens ! is thus thy pride imperial gone ? Is this poor heap of dust the King of Babylon ? REFERENCES . 2d Strophe , How art thou fallen from Heaven , ' & c . ver . 12 , 13 , 14 . 2d Antistrophe , Yet thou shalt be brought down to Hell ...
... heavens ! is thus thy pride imperial gone ? Is this poor heap of dust the King of Babylon ? REFERENCES . 2d Strophe , How art thou fallen from Heaven , ' & c . ver . 12 , 13 , 14 . 2d Antistrophe , Yet thou shalt be brought down to Hell ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Alcander Antistrophe bard beauty behold bless'd blessings bloom bold bower breast breathe brow charms Cleon cried dared DEAN divine Simplicity E'en e'er Elegy Epicurus fair fame Fancy Fancy's fane fear flame flowers foliage frown garden genius give glade glow goddess grace grove hand head heart Heaven HEROIC EPISTLE honour king Knightsbridge lawn liberty Lord lyre Mason Muse Naiad Nature Nature's numbers nymph o'er parterre peace pensive perchance plain poem poet poet's praise pride proud quasi-compact reign rhyme rill ringdove rise round sacred sage scene scorn seraph shade Shebbeare silvan Sir William SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS smile Soame Jenyns song soul spread SQUIRE strain stream swain sweet taste thee thine Thomas Warton thou throne toil truth Twas vale verdure vernal verse wake warble wave Whig wild WILLIAM MASON youth
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Página 160 - ... work, about twelve foot in height, by which you may go in shade into the garden. As for the making of knots or figures with divers coloured earths, that they may lie under the windows of the house on that side which the garden stands, they be but toys : you may see as good sights many times in tarts.
Página 146 - GOD ALMIGHTY first planted a garden. And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures ; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man, without which buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks.
Página 244 - Father of heaven, in whom our hopes confide, Whose power defends us, and whose precepts guide, In life our Guardian, and in death our Friend, Glory supreme be thine, till time shall end.
Página 248 - Patron supreme of science, taste, and wit. Does envy doubt ? Witness, ye chosen train, Who breathe the sweets of his Saturnian reign ; Witness, ye Hills, ye Johnsons, Scots, Shebbeares, Hark to my call, for some of you have ears. Let David Hume, from the remotest north, In see-saw sceptic scruples hint his worth ; David, who there supinely deigns to lie The fattest hog of Epicurus...
Página 284 - I there spoke of as proper to the business in hand, being that equal right that every man hath to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man.
Página 284 - I cannot be supposed to understand all sorts of equality: age or virtue may give men a just precedency: excellency of parts and merit may place others above the common level: birth may subject some, and alliance or benefits others, to -pay an observance to those...
Página 243 - AGAIN the day returns of holy rest, Which, when He made the world, Jehovah blest ; When, like His own, He bade our labours cease, And all be piety and all be peace. While impious men despise Thy sage decree From vain deceit and false philosophy ; Let us its wisdom own, its blessings feel, Receive with gratitude, perform with zeal.
Página 25 - Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas : And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Caesar with a senate at his heels.
Página 104 - Even from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love.
Página 160 - The green hath two pleasures ; the one, because nothing is more pleasant to the eye than green grass kept finely shorn ; the other, because it will give you a fair alley in the midst, by which you may go in front upon a stately hedge, which is to enclose the Garden.