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... rill That murmurs at his feet ? The high - born soul Disdains to rest her heaven - aspiring wing , Beneath its native quarry . Tir'd of earth 180 185 And this diurnal scene , she springs aloft Through fields 20 THE PLEASURES.
... rill That murmurs at his feet ? The high - born soul Disdains to rest her heaven - aspiring wing , Beneath its native quarry . Tir'd of earth 180 185 And this diurnal scene , she springs aloft Through fields 20 THE PLEASURES.
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... rill Gush through the trickling herbage , to the thirst Of summer yielding the delicious draught 75 80 Of cool refreshment : o'er the mossy brink Shines not the surface clearer , and the waves With sweeter music murmur as they flow ...
... rill Gush through the trickling herbage , to the thirst Of summer yielding the delicious draught 75 80 Of cool refreshment : o'er the mossy brink Shines not the surface clearer , and the waves With sweeter music murmur as they flow ...
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... rill 1 560 Joins in his plaint , melodious ; mute the groves ; 565 And hill and dale with all their echoes mourn . Such and so various are the tastes of men . Oh ! blest of Heaven , whom not the languid songs Of luxury , the siren ! not ...
... rill 1 560 Joins in his plaint , melodious ; mute the groves ; 565 And hill and dale with all their echoes mourn . Such and so various are the tastes of men . Oh ! blest of Heaven , whom not the languid songs Of luxury , the siren ! not ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Academus ADDISON admiration ætherial AKENSIDE allegory Amid ancient Ancient Greece appearances Aristophanes arts attention awful band beauty behold bends best and fairest blooming blushing bosom breath brow charms circumstances clouds cœlestial colours connexion dæmon deformity delight Didactic divine earth enchanted eternal Euphrosyné evil excellence fair fancy feelings flame flowers folly frame genius Georgics glooms graceful hand harmonious heart heaven honours human ideas imitation Italian poetry kindling labour Lucretius lyre mind moral Muse Nature Nature's neral novelty o'er objects Orithyia painted passions philosophy Plato pleasing PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION Poem Poet poetic poetry pomp powers praise radiant région ridiculous rill rosy sacred scene scorn sense shade Sire smiles smiling band Socrates song sordid soul species spring strain streams sublime sweet taste terror thee things thou thro toil tongue truth unfold verse virtue voice Whate'er wisdom wonder youth
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Página 34 - Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove, When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Página 20 - Rest at the fated goal. For from the birth Of mortal man, the Sovereign Maker said, That not in humble nor in brief delight, Not in the fading echoes of renown, Power's purple robes, nor pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment: but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Through all the ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, And infinite perfection close the scene.
Página 115 - For him, the Spring Distils her dews, and from the silken gem Its lucid leaves unfolds : for him, the hand Of Autumn tinges every fertile branch With blooming gold, and blushes like the morn.
Página 16 - Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth...
Página 78 - Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour...
Página 34 - Is aught so fair In all the dewy landscapes of the spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Página 112 - In every breast hath sown these early seeds Of love and admiration, yet in vain, Without fair culture's kind parental aid, Without enlivening suns, and genial showers, And shelter from the blast, in vain we hope The tender plant should rear its blooming head, Or yield the harvest promised in its spring. Nor yet will every soil with equal stores Repay the tiller's labour; or attend His will, obsequious, whether to produce The olive or the laurel.
Página 19 - Through fields of air; pursues the flying storm; Rides on the vollied lightning through the heavens; Or, yoked with whirlwinds and the northern blast, Sweeps the long tract of day.
Página 12 - Then liv'd the almighty One : then, deep retir'd In his unfathom'd essence, view'd the forms, The forms eternal of created things ; The radiant sun, the/ moon's nocturnal lamp, The mountains, woods, and streams, the rolling globe, And wisdom's mien celestial. From the first Of days, on them his love divine he fix'd, His admiration : till in time complete, What he admir'd and lov'd, his vital smile Unfolded into being.
Página 115 - Each passing hour sheds tribute from her wings ; And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting Sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved.