Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Essay on English Poetry, Volumen 5Thomas Campbell John Murray, 1819 |
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... Wilmot . Enter CHARLOTTE , thoughtful ; and soon after MARIA from the other side . Mar. MADAM , a stranger in a foreign habit Desires to see you . Char . In a foreign habit ' Tis strange , and unexpected - But admit him . [ Exit MARIA ...
... Wilmot . Enter CHARLOTTE , thoughtful ; and soon after MARIA from the other side . Mar. MADAM , a stranger in a foreign habit Desires to see you . Char . In a foreign habit ' Tis strange , and unexpected - But admit him . [ Exit MARIA ...
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... Wilmot have forgot thee , Charlotte ! Char . Ha ! Wilmot ! say ! what do your words import ? O gentle stranger ! ease my swelling heart That else will burst ! Canst thou inform me aught ? What dost thou know of Wilmot ? Y. Wilm . This I ...
... Wilmot have forgot thee , Charlotte ! Char . Ha ! Wilmot ! say ! what do your words import ? O gentle stranger ! ease my swelling heart That else will burst ! Canst thou inform me aught ? What dost thou know of Wilmot ? Y. Wilm . This I ...
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... Wilmot ! -And would'st thou die , my For one thou thought'st unjust ? -Thou soul of truth ! What must be done ? -Which way shall I Unutterable woe ? Or how convince Thy dear departed spirit of the love , Th ' eternal love , and never ...
... Wilmot ! -And would'st thou die , my For one thou thought'st unjust ? -Thou soul of truth ! What must be done ? -Which way shall I Unutterable woe ? Or how convince Thy dear departed spirit of the love , Th ' eternal love , and never ...
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... Wilmot ! kneeling I appeal , If e'er I swerv'd in action , word , or thought , From the severest constancy and truth , Or ever wish'd to taste a joy on earth That center'd not in thee , since last we parted ; May we ne'er meet again ...
... Wilmot ! kneeling I appeal , If e'er I swerv'd in action , word , or thought , From the severest constancy and truth , Or ever wish'd to taste a joy on earth That center'd not in thee , since last we parted ; May we ne'er meet again ...
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... Wilmot ! no ; I'm blind with too much light : O'ercome with wonder , and opprest with joy ; The struggling passions barr'd the doors of speech , But speech enlarg'd , affords me no relief . This vast profusion of extreme delight ...
... Wilmot ! no ; I'm blind with too much light : O'ercome with wonder , and opprest with joy ; The struggling passions barr'd the doors of speech , But speech enlarg'd , affords me no relief . This vast profusion of extreme delight ...
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Æsop ALLAN RAMSAY beneath Biron blest bliss BORN bosom breast breath bright charms COLLEY CIBBER court crown'd Cuddy dear death delight e'er earth Ev'n eyes face fair fame fancy fate fear fond gentle GEORGE LILLO GEORGE SEWELL give grace grave Grongar Hill hair hand happy hast head hear heart heaven heel I three Jove LEONARD WELSTED live Lord Lubberkin maid Metis mind Moria mortal Muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er pain peace plain pleas'd pleasure poet praise pride rise round seem'd shade shining sighs sing sleep smile soft song soon soul spleen swain sweet swelling sylphs taste tears tell tender Thalestris thee THOMAS TICKELL THOMAS WARTON thou thought trembling turn me thrice Twas Venus vows ween WILLIAM SHENSTONE Wilm Wilmot wind wings wretch youth
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Página 110 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, ' Sister Spirit, come away ! ' What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be Death...
Página 219 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
Página 311 - 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 125 - Thrice she look'd back, and thrice the foe drew near. Just in that instant, anxious Ariel sought The close recesses of the virgin's thought : As on the nosegay in her breast reclin'd, He watch'd th...
Página 312 - Winter yelling through the troublous air, Affrights thy shrinking train, And rudely rends thy robes : So long, regardful of thy quiet rule, Shall Fancy, Friendship, Science, smiling Peace, Thy gentlest influence own, And love thy favourite name ! ODE TO PEACE.
Página 134 - And trust me, dear ! good-humour can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail. Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll ; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
Página 396 - But sure such folks could ne'er beget So sweet a girl as Sally ! She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
Página 112 - Soft yielding minds to water glide away, And sip, with nymphs, their elemental tea. The graver prude sinks downward to a gnome, In search of mischief still on earth to roam. The light coquettes in sylphs aloft repair, And sport and flutter in the fields of air.
Página 116 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike ; And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Página 119 - Planets through the boundless Sky. Some less refin'd, beneath the Moon's pale Light Pursue the Stars that shoot athwart the Night ; Or suck the Mists in grosser Air below, Or dip their Pinions in the painted Bow, Or brew fierce Tempests on the wintry Main, Or o'er the Glebe distil the kindly Rain.