A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volumen 1J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... youth to distant nations run , To vifit fields their valiant fathers won ; From Flandria's fhore their country's fame they trace , Till fair Germania fhews her blasted face . Th ' exulting Briton asks his mournful guide , Where his hard ...
... youth to distant nations run , To vifit fields their valiant fathers won ; From Flandria's fhore their country's fame they trace , Till fair Germania fhews her blasted face . Th ' exulting Briton asks his mournful guide , Where his hard ...
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... youth , whom Utrecht's walls confine , TO BRISTOL'S praises fhall his STRAFFORD'S join : He too , from whom attentive OXFORD draws Rules for just thinking , and poetic laws , To growing bards his learned aid shall send , The ftricteft ...
... youth , whom Utrecht's walls confine , TO BRISTOL'S praises fhall his STRAFFORD'S join : He too , from whom attentive OXFORD draws Rules for just thinking , and poetic laws , To growing bards his learned aid shall send , The ftricteft ...
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... youth I die ; " Am I to blame , because the bride " Is twice as rich as I ? IX . " Ah , COLIN , give not her thy vows , " Vows due to me alone ! " Nor thou , rash girl , receive his kiss , " Nor think him all thy own ! X : " To - morrow ...
... youth I die ; " Am I to blame , because the bride " Is twice as rich as I ? IX . " Ah , COLIN , give not her thy vows , " Vows due to me alone ! " Nor thou , rash girl , receive his kiss , " Nor think him all thy own ! X : " To - morrow ...
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... youth , flames unfubdu'd by age ; Though wealth nor fame now touch thy fated mind , Still tinge the canvas , bounteous to mankind . Since after thee may rise an impious line , Coarfe manglers of the human face divine , Paint on , till ...
... youth , flames unfubdu'd by age ; Though wealth nor fame now touch thy fated mind , Still tinge the canvas , bounteous to mankind . Since after thee may rise an impious line , Coarfe manglers of the human face divine , Paint on , till ...
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... youth of Albion's royal blood Was fofter'd here , the wonder of the wood ; Milkah , for wiles above her peers renown'd , Deep - skill'd in charms and many a mystic sound , As through the regal dome fhe fought for prey , Obferv'd the ...
... youth of Albion's royal blood Was fofter'd here , the wonder of the wood ; Milkah , for wiles above her peers renown'd , Deep - skill'd in charms and many a mystic sound , As through the regal dome fhe fought for prey , Obferv'd the ...
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æther becauſe beneath beſt bleffings bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh charms defire diftant eaſe endleſs Engliſh Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair falſe fame fate fecret feem fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhun fide filent fing firſt fkies flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftill fuch fweet Gaul grace Grongar Hill happineſs heart heav'n houſe joys juſt kings laſt leaſt lefs loft mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud purſue quæ quid rage raiſe reafon reſt rife riſe ſcene ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtage ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſtrive ſtrong ſweet taſte thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tow'rs Unleſs uſe virtue whofe Whoſe wife wiſh youth
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Página 260 - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
Página 30 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Página 215 - 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 231 - 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 209 - 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 261 - ... green, On which the tribe their gambols do display ; And at the door...
Página 217 - 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 131 - To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen, Some recommend the bowling-green ; Some, hilly walks ; all, exercise ; Fling but a stone, the giant dies. Laugh and be well. Monkeys have been Extreme good doctors for the Spleen ; And kitten, if the humour hit, Has harlequin'd away the fit.
Página 234 - That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
Página 265 - On thee she calls, on thee her parent dear! . . (Ah ! too remote to ward the shameful blow!) She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow ; And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe.