The Works of the English Poets: ShenstoneH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... share ; Nor meanly rofe , to blefs myself alone : I fnatch'd the fhepherd from his fleecy care , And bade his wholesome dictate guard the throne . Low at my feet the fuppliant peer I saw ; I faw proud empires my decifion wait ; My will ...
... share ; Nor meanly rofe , to blefs myself alone : I fnatch'd the fhepherd from his fleecy care , And bade his wholesome dictate guard the throne . Low at my feet the fuppliant peer I saw ; I faw proud empires my decifion wait ; My will ...
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... delighted flave ! Though fure the wreaths of chivalry to share , Forego the ribbon thy Matilda gave , And , giving , bade thee in remembrance wear ? Ill fare my peace , but every idle toy , Ill 28 SHENSTONE'S POEMS .
... delighted flave ! Though fure the wreaths of chivalry to share , Forego the ribbon thy Matilda gave , And , giving , bade thee in remembrance wear ? Ill fare my peace , but every idle toy , Ill 28 SHENSTONE'S POEMS .
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... share . my Force not my tongue to afk its scanty bread ; Nor hurl thy Jeffy to the vulgar crew ; Not fuch the parent's board at which I fed ! Not fuch the precept from his lips I drew ! Haply , when age has filver'd o'er my hair ...
... share . my Force not my tongue to afk its scanty bread ; Nor hurl thy Jeffy to the vulgar crew ; Not fuch the parent's board at which I fed ! Not fuch the precept from his lips I drew ! Haply , when age has filver'd o'er my hair ...
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... share her proud control ; Had given the robe with grace to flow , Had taught exotic gems to glow ; And , emulous of nature's power , Mimick'd the plume , the leaf , the flower ; Chang'd the complexion's native hue , Moulded each ruftic ...
... share her proud control ; Had given the robe with grace to flow , Had taught exotic gems to glow ; And , emulous of nature's power , Mimick'd the plume , the leaf , the flower ; Chang'd the complexion's native hue , Moulded each ruftic ...
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... share The great , the various , and the fair , For ever fhould remain ! Her impulse nothing may restrain- Or whence the joy ' mid columns , towers , ' Midft all the city's artful trim , To rear fome breathlefs vapid flowers Or fhrubs ...
... share The great , the various , and the fair , For ever fhould remain ! Her impulse nothing may restrain- Or whence the joy ' mid columns , towers , ' Midft all the city's artful trim , To rear fome breathlefs vapid flowers Or fhrubs ...
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bard beauty beneath bleft blifs bloom bofom bower breaſt charms chearful crown'd Damon dear defire Delia diftant diſplay ELEGY ev'n facred fair falute fame fancy fate fcenes fcorn fecure feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhore fhun figh fing flame flowers fmiles focial foft fome fond fong fons foon foothe foul friendſhip ftill ftream fuch fure fwain fweet fwell gentle grace grove inſpire laſt lefs lov'd lyre maid mind moffy mournful Mufe muft Muſe muſt Naiad native ne'er nymph o'er paffion peace penfive plain pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe pride raiſe reafon reign rife rills rofe roſe rural ſcenes ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſmile ſpring ſtore ſtray ſweets taſte tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou toils train Twas vale virtue whofe whoſe WILLIAM SHENSTONE youth
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Página 281 - And work the simple vassals mickle woe; For not a wind might curl the leaves that blew, But their limbs...
Página 158 - Alas ! from the day that we met What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
Página 284 - And pungent radish, biting infant's tongue ; And plantain ribb'd, that heals the reaper's '.• wound; And marj'ram sweet, in shepherd's posie found; And lavender, whose spikes of azure bloom Shall be, erewhile, in arid bundles bound, To lurk amidst the labours of her loom, And crown her kerchiefs clean, with mickle rare , perfume.
Página 151 - I fed on the smiles of my dear ? They tell me, my favourite maid, The pride of that valley, is flown ; Alas ! where with her I have stray'd I could wander with pleasure, alone.
Página 154 - I have heard her with sweetness unfold How that pity was due to a dove, That it ever attended the bold ; And she call'd it the sister of love. But her words such a pleasure convey, So much I her accents adore, Let her speak, and whatever she say, Methinks, I should love her the more.
Página 156 - Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die.
Página 153 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Página 287 - She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe. But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain...
Página 282 - Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet of decency does yield : Her apron dy'd in grain, as blue, I trowe, As is the hare-bell that adorns the field : And in her hand, for sceptre, she does wield Tway birchen sprays...
Página 152 - But a sweet-brier entwines it around, Not my fields, in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.