The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... seen ; but perforated sore , And drill'd in holes , the solid oak is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refined Improved the simple plan ; made three legs four , Gave them a twisted form ...
... seen ; but perforated sore , And drill'd in holes , the solid oak is found , By worms voracious eating through and through . At length a generation more refined Improved the simple plan ; made three legs four , Gave them a twisted form ...
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... seen . Hence the declivity is sharp and short , And such the reascent : between them weeps A little naiad her impoverish'd urn All summer long , which winter fills again . The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the lord ...
... seen . Hence the declivity is sharp and short , And such the reascent : between them weeps A little naiad her impoverish'd urn All summer long , which winter fills again . The folded gates would bar my progress now , But that the lord ...
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... seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown And sullen sadness that o'ershade , distort , And mar the face of Beauty , when no cause For such immeasurable woe appears ...
... seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown And sullen sadness that o'ershade , distort , And mar the face of Beauty , when no cause For such immeasurable woe appears ...
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... seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye ...
... seen Till half their beauties fade ; the weary sight , Too well acquainted with their smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye ...
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... seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens , and our sports , And heard our music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy ...
... seen our state , Our palaces , our ladies , and our pomp Of equipage , our gardens , and our sports , And heard our music ; are thy simple friends , Thy simple fare , and all thy plain delights , As dear to thee as once ? And have thy ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath betimes bird boast breath call'd cause charms Chiswick death delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast heard heart Heaven honour labour learn'd less life's live lost lyre Mighty winds mind Muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure poets praise prize proud prove rapture rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil truth Twas virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worm worth youth
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Página 83 - Shortening his journey between morn and noon, And hurrying him, impatient of his stay, Down to the rosy west ; but kindly still Compensating...
Página 197 - Sighs must fan it, tears must water, Sweat of ours must dress the soil. Think, ye masters iron-hearted, Lolling at your jovial boards, Think how many backs have smarted For the sweets your cane affords.
Página 56 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Página 208 - WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows, Where'er the healing water flows...
Página 127 - Acquaint thyself with God, if thou wouldst taste . His works. Admitted once to his embrace, Thou shalt perceive that thou wast blind before ; Thine eye shall be instructed, and thine heart, Made pure, shall relish with divine delight 'Till then unfelt, what hands divine have wrought.
Página 229 - BETWEEN Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, The spectacles set them unhappily wrong ; The point in dispute was, as all the world knows, To which the said spectacles ought to belong. So...
Página 150 - The sum is this : If man's convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 81 - Nor his, who patient stands till his feet throb And his head thumps, to feed upon the breath Of patriots bursting with heroic rage, Or placemen all tranquillity and smiles.
Página 127 - So manifold in cares, whose every day Brings its own evil with it, makes it less : For he has wings that neither sickness, pain, Nor penury can cripple or confine. No nook so narrow but he spreads them there With ease, and is at large.
Página 229 - Then holding the spectacles up to the court — Your lordship observes they are made with a straddle As wide as the ridge of the Nose is ; in short, Designed to sit close to it, just like a saddle.