Poems Attempted in the Style of Milton, Volumen 1

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T. Davies, 1776 - 176 páginas
 

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Página 48 - Of loving friend delights ; distressed, forlorn, Amidst the horrors of the tedious night, Darkling I sigh, and feed with dismal thoughts My anxious mind ; or sometimes mournful verse Indite, and sing of groves and myrtle shades, Or desperate lady near a purling stream, Or lover pendent on a willow-tree.
Página 123 - Their winter food ; though oft repuls'd, again They rally, undismay'd ; but fraud with ease Ensnares the noisome swarms ; let every bough Bear frequent vials, pregnant with the dregs Of Moyle, or Mum, or Treacle's viscous juice; They, by th...
Página 45 - Through sudden fear; a chilly sweat bedews My shuddering limbs, and (wonderful to tell !) My tongue forgets her faculty of speech ; So horrible he seems ! His faded brow Entrench'd with many a frown, and conic beard.
Página 149 - To work, difburden thou thy faplefs wood Of its rich progeny ; the turgid fruit Abounds with mellow liquor ; now exhort Thy hinds to exercife the pointed...
Página 57 - O friend, obferve How gay with all th' accoutrements of war The Britons come, with gold well fraught, they come Thus far our prey, and tempt us to fubdue Their recreant force ; how will their bodies ftript .Enrich the viftors, while the vultures fate Their maws with full repaft!
Página 48 - I labour with eternal drought, And restless wish, and rave : my parched throat Finds no relief, nor heavy eyes repose : But if a slumber haply does invade My weary limbs, my fancy's still awake ; Thoughtful of drink, and eager, in a dream, Tipples imaginary pots of ale In vain; awake, I find the settled thirst Still gnawing, and the pleasant phantom curse.
Página 49 - My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury and encroaching frosts, By time subdued (what will not time subdue *} An horrid chasm disclose, with orifice Wide, discontinuous ; at which the winds Eurus and Auster, and the dreadful force Of Boreas, that congeals the Cronian waves, Tumultuous enter, with dire chilling blasts Portending agues.
Página 157 - Where ever-dnring snows, perpetual shades Of darkness, would congeal their livid blood, Did not the Arctic tract spontaneous yield A cheering purple berry, big with winex * Ireland.
Página 132 - Iberian, on the Gallic shore, Him hardy Britons bless ; his faithful hand Conveys new courage from afar, nor more The general's conduct, than his care avails. Thee also, glorious branch of Cecil's line, This country claims ; with pride and joy to thee Thy Alterennis calls : yet she endures...
Página 174 - Brutus' offspring to the adverse front Advance resistless, and their deep array With furious inroad pierce : the mighty force Of Edward twice o'erturn'd their...

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