Poems on Various Subjects: Entertaining, Elegiac, and Religious. By Jane Caveauthor, 1783 - 176 páginas |
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æther aſk Ballard Barlow beft behold bleffing bleft bleſs bliſs blood bofom BRECON Caftles Capt Caſtles celeftial Coll Cooke Copies Cowlam dear Death defcend Defire doth dread e'er eaſe empires fall eternal ev'ry eyes facred fafe feas fhall fhould FIDELIO figh fincere finks fkies fled foft fome forrow fpirit ftill fuch fuperior fword gen'rous glory goodneſs grace grief hear heart Heav'n heav'nly HOWELL HARRIS James Deacon JANE CAVE JESU's juft Lady Lord lov'd meet Mifs mind miſtreſs moſt mourn mov'd Mufes muſt numbers o'er paffion pain peace penfive pleafing pleaſure Poem poffeft pow'r praiſe pray pray'r raiſe reſt rife Roberts Rogers Saviour ſhall ſhe Smith ſpeak ſpend Taylor tears tender thee thefe theſe thoſe thou thouſand thro thy foul truth WATKINS weep Whilft Whitfield Whoſe wife Wiſdom wiſhes wond'rous wou'd youth
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Página 96 - Blefled are the dead which die in the Lord, from henceforth : Yea, faith the Spirit, that they may reft from their labours ; and their works do follow them.
Página 48 - Now, and when I'ma bigger boy, Let cruelty my heart annoy, Becaufe it is a dreadful evil, That only fits me for the DeViL If I muft ought of life deprive, The quickeft way I will contrive^ To...
Página 46 - But this wou'd reprefent to you. As Wifdom does, the Mufes do, No def'rence fhew to wealth or eafe, But pay their vifits as they pleafe.
Página 2 - And as my years advanc'd, the paffion grew, And fair ideas round my fancy flew. The Mufes feem'd to court me for their friend, But Fortune would not to their fuit attend; She underftood who proper fubjedts were, To hold a converfe with thefe airy fair, Muft be poflefs'd at leaft of independence, That to the Mufes they may give attendance, By books and ftudy frudtify the mind, And lead the genius where it was inclin'd.
Página 48 - I not with anguifh cry, Should naughty children take a pin, And run me through to make me fpin ? Were I a bird, took from my neft, Should I not think myfelf oppreft, If tofs'd about in wanton play, 'Till maiin'd and faint I die away ? * See PSALMS, viii.
Página 103 - GOD'S eternal laws. Not as fome Priefts, who run o'er ev'ry , pray'r, As tho' no truth, or foul, or GOD were there. .The giddy hearer enters gay and vain, And unaffected leaves the Church again ; While...
Página 110 - ... ev'ry word and thought ; I can't pray without diftraftion, Sin, on all I do, is wrote. When I to my clofet enter, Seeking peace in JESU'S blood, Swift as thought intrudes the Tempter, Drives, or draws, my heart from GOD.
Página 41 - DUKE OF CHANDOS. A. Friendly party of one mind, Were for a pleafure-day inclin'd ; Forfook their beds on Thurfday morn, When each their perfon did adorn With raiment proper for the day. And in high fpirits drove away. The morn did a bad day portend, Bid fome unwelcome fhow'rs defcend: But fable clouds now difappear, And azure decks the atmofphere; Phoebus expands his golden rays. And all the rural fweets difplays ; And that my friend the whole may know, We to a place call'd ICHEN go ; , , Where with...
Página 105 - That love, — ftupendous love, — furpaffing thought, Which paid our ranfom, tho' fo dearly bought. Thefe truths fublime the audience coldly hear, Nor ever deign to drop a feeling tear; While at the play each bofom heaves a figh, Lo ! in the Church unmov'd they fit, — But why ? The Prieft to whom the Embafiy is giv'n, Who is the high Ambaffador for Heav'n. Treats facred truth with cold indifference, As tho' 'twere fiction, or impertinence.
Página 116 - What ! trifle with that facred name, Whofe goodnefs gives us breath ! Or Juftice fmites our feeble frame, . . And chains us down in Death. Will not incehfed Majefty In vengeance lift his hand, '' And bid deferved judgments fall On fuch a guilty land.