A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Volumen 1Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1755 |
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... stone to ANNA's fame , He points to Blenheim , once a vulgar name ; Here fled the Houfhold , there did Tallard yield , Here Marlb'rough turn'd the fortune of the field , On On thofe fteep banks , near Danube's raging flood , [ 9 ]
... stone to ANNA's fame , He points to Blenheim , once a vulgar name ; Here fled the Houfhold , there did Tallard yield , Here Marlb'rough turn'd the fortune of the field , On On thofe fteep banks , near Danube's raging flood , [ 9 ]
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... once your own ; Behold what flow'rs the pious mufes ftrow , And tears , which in the midft of triumph flow , Cypress and bays your envy'd brows furround , Your names the tender matron's heart fhall wound , And the foft maid grow penfive ...
... once your own ; Behold what flow'rs the pious mufes ftrow , And tears , which in the midft of triumph flow , Cypress and bays your envy'd brows furround , Your names the tender matron's heart fhall wound , And the foft maid grow penfive ...
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... once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd ; or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs , grac'd with fears , and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots , who for facred freedom stood ; Juft men , by whom impartial laws were given ; And faints ...
... once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd ; or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs , grac'd with fears , and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots , who for facred freedom stood ; Juft men , by whom impartial laws were given ; And faints ...
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... once fo lov'd , when - e'er thy bower appears , O'er my dim eye - balls glance the fudden tears ! How sweet were once thy prospects fresh and fair , Thy floping walks , and unpolluted air ! How sweet the glooms beneath thy aged trees ...
... once fo lov'd , when - e'er thy bower appears , O'er my dim eye - balls glance the fudden tears ! How sweet were once thy prospects fresh and fair , Thy floping walks , and unpolluted air ! How sweet the glooms beneath thy aged trees ...
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... once his bofom fwell : The damps of death bedew'd his brow , He groan'd , he shook , he fell . XV . From the vain bride , a bride no more , The varying crimson fled ; When ftretch'd befide her rival's corse , She faw her lover dead ...
... once his bofom fwell : The damps of death bedew'd his brow , He groan'd , he shook , he fell . XV . From the vain bride , a bride no more , The varying crimson fled ; When ftretch'd befide her rival's corse , She faw her lover dead ...
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Términos y frases comunes
æther beauty becauſe beneath bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms courſe curs'd defire diftant dreadful eaſe endleſs Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fatire fear fecret feems feen fenfe fhades fhall fhew fhun fide fighs filent fing firſt fkies flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftate ftill ftream fuch Gaul grace happineſs heart heav'n houſe laft laſt lefs loft mind moſt mufe muft muſe muſt ne'er night nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud publick purſue quæ quid rage raiſe reaſon reft rife ſcene ſeem ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtage ſtands ſtate ſtay ſtill ſweet thee Thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſh wou'd youth
Pasajes populares
Página 285 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
Página 223 - 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 256 - But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain...
Página 200 - 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 254 - Eftsoons the urchins to their tasks repair ; Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are, To save from finger wet the letters fair ; The work so gay, that on their back is seen, St. George's high atchievements does declare-; On which thilk wight that has y-gazing been, Kens the forthcoming rod ; — unpleasing sight, I ween.
Página 208 - 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 25 - 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 195 - Here let those reign, whom pensions can incite To vote a patriot black, a courtier white; Explain their country's dear-bought rights away, And plead for pirates in the face of day; With slavish tenets taint our poison'd youth, And lend a lie the confidence of truth.
Página 251 - Who should not honour'd eld with these revere: For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a Mind which did that title love.
Página 145 - Annuity securely made, A farm some twenty miles from town, Small, tight, salubrious, and my own: Two maids, that never saw the town, A...