The poetical works of William Collins, with the comm. of Langhorne. To which is prefixed some account of the life of Collins by dr. Johnson1804 |
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... to the care of his sister in Chichester , where death in 1756 came to his relief . " After his return from France , the writer of this character paid him a visit at Islington , where he was waiting for his sister , whom he 8.
... to the care of his sister in Chichester , where death in 1756 came to his relief . " After his return from France , the writer of this character paid him a visit at Islington , where he was waiting for his sister , whom he 8.
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... death ; and , with the usual weakness of men so diseased , eagerly snatched that temporary relief with which the table and the bottle flatter and se- But his health continually declined , and he grew more and more burthensome duce . to ...
... death ; and , with the usual weakness of men so diseased , eagerly snatched that temporary relief with which the table and the bottle flatter and se- But his health continually declined , and he grew more and more burthensome duce . to ...
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... to Mercy to Liberty ... ..... 32 35 39 42 46 47 49 57 61 ............ 64 to a Lady , on the Death of Colonel Ross in the Action of Fontenoy to Evening .......... to Peace ....... The Manners . An Ode ......... The Passions . An.
... to Mercy to Liberty ... ..... 32 35 39 42 46 47 49 57 61 ............ 64 to a Lady , on the Death of Colonel Ross in the Action of Fontenoy to Evening .......... to Peace ....... The Manners . An Ode ......... The Passions . An.
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... Death of Mr. Thomson ........ Verses written on a Paper which contained a Piece of Bride - cake ....... Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland ( with Additions , by Mr. Mac- kenzie and William Erskine , Esq ...
... Death of Mr. Thomson ........ Verses written on a Paper which contained a Piece of Bride - cake ....... Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland ( with Additions , by Mr. Mac- kenzie and William Erskine , Esq ...
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... ! oft , when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night , By hunger rous'd , he scours the groaning plain , Gaunt wolves and sullen tigers in his train : Before them Death with shrieks directs their way , Fills 21.
... ! oft , when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night , By hunger rous'd , he scours the groaning plain , Gaunt wolves and sullen tigers in his train : Before them Death with shrieks directs their way , Fills 21.
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Página 72 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Página 71 - tis said, when all were fired, Fill'd with fury, rapt, inspired, From the supporting myrtles round They snatch'd her instruments of sound,' And, as they oft had heard apart Sweet lessons of her forceful art, Each (for madness ruled the hour) Would prove his own expressive power, FIRST Fear his hand, its skill to try, Amid the chords bewilder'd laid, And back recoil'd, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made.
Página 46 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Página 70 - When Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung, The Passions oft, to hear her shell, Thronged around her magic cell...
Página 85 - No wither'd witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew ; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew. The redbreast oft at evening hours Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss and gather'd flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.
Página 138 - 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 45 - While on its rich ambitious head, An Eden, like his own, lies spread. I view that oak, the fancied glades among, By which as Milton lay, his evening ear, From many a cloud that dropp'd ethereal dew, Nigh spher'd in heaven, its native strains could hear...
Página 8 - That this man, wise and virtuous as he was, passed always unentangled through the snares of life, it would be prejudice and temerity to affirm; but it may be said that at least he preserved the source of action unpolluted, that his principles were never shaken, that his distinctions of right and wrong were never confounded, and that his faults had nothing of malignity or design, but proceeded from some unexpected pressure, or casual temptation.
Página 142 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Página 22 - What if the lion in his rage I meet ! Oft in the dust I view his printed feet : And fearful ! oft, when day's declining light Yields her pale empire to the mourner night, By hunger...