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arms beauty beneath bloom bow'r breaſt breath bright bring charms clouds crown dear death delight ev'ry eyes face fair fame Fancy fate fear feel fields fight fire flow flow'rs fond gentle give grace green grief grove hand head hear heart heav'n hill honour hope hour kind laſt laws learned leave light live maid mind morn mourn Muſe muſt Nature never night nymphs o'er once pain peace plain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride riſe roſe round ſcene ſee ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſmile ſoft ſome ſong ſoul ſtill ſtream ſuch ſweet taſte tears tell thee theſe thoſe thou thought thro toil train true truth vain virtue voice whoſe wind wiſh yield youth
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Página 3 - 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 1 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 2 - HAMPDEN that with dauntlefs breaft The little tyrant of his fields withftood : Some mute inglorious MILTON here may reft, Some CROMWELL guiltlefs of his country's blood. Th' applaufe of lift'ning fenates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their...
Página 151 - The robes of pleasure and the veils of woe: All aid the farce, and all thy mirth maintain, Whose joys are causeless, or whose griefs are vain. Such was the scorn that...
Página 156 - But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 224 - Untainted by the guilty bribe ; Uncurs'd amid the harpy tribe ; No orphan's cry to wound my ear ; My honour and my conscience clear ; Thus may I calmly meet my end, Thus to the grave in peace descend.
Página 150 - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates heard before they...
Página 4 - 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 249 - 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.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | A Collection of Poems ... Volumen 4 de A Collection of Poems, Robert Dodsley Volumen 4 de A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley], Robert Dodsley |
| Editor | Robert Dodsley |
| Compilado por | Robert Dodsley |
| Edición | 5 |
| Editor | J. Hughs, 1758 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 22 Jun 2007 |
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