Poems on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes, Band 1George Pearch, 1769 - 172 Seiten |
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... pale Spectre bursts upon the view ; When Fancy paints the fading taper blue ; When smiling Virtue refts , nor dreads a foe ; And Slumber shuts the Weeping eyes of Woe : ' Twas then , amid the filence of the night , A graceful Seraph ...
... pale Spectre bursts upon the view ; When Fancy paints the fading taper blue ; When smiling Virtue refts , nor dreads a foe ; And Slumber shuts the Weeping eyes of Woe : ' Twas then , amid the filence of the night , A graceful Seraph ...
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... pale ray trembled on the quiv'ring stream ; 70 Then opening gradual from the fhades of night The cloud - topt foreft fhone with dawning light , Serene the beauteous landscape rose to view , The mead's green mantle wet with fpangling dew ...
... pale ray trembled on the quiv'ring stream ; 70 Then opening gradual from the fhades of night The cloud - topt foreft fhone with dawning light , Serene the beauteous landscape rose to view , The mead's green mantle wet with fpangling dew ...
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... Pale lightning flash'd , and dreadful thunder roar'd . Earth's glowing bofom felt a fudden wound , And strong convulfions rent the opening ground ; The rapid Whirlwind with impetuous sweep Burfts from its vaults , and rais'd the ...
... Pale lightning flash'd , and dreadful thunder roar'd . Earth's glowing bofom felt a fudden wound , And strong convulfions rent the opening ground ; The rapid Whirlwind with impetuous sweep Burfts from its vaults , and rais'd the ...
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... pale fons ! a mighty throng appear ! 245 How wild their looks with agonizing fear ! Swift , as the hart , from her pursuing train , Climbs the steep rock , and flies along the plain : ' Tis thus , the tempeft's dreadful rage to fhun ...
... pale fons ! a mighty throng appear ! 245 How wild their looks with agonizing fear ! Swift , as the hart , from her pursuing train , Climbs the steep rock , and flies along the plain : ' Tis thus , the tempeft's dreadful rage to fhun ...
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... pale disk a bloody tincture ftains : 365 . The dreadful call each mightier orbit hears , And worlds unhing'd come tumbling from their fpheres . WHAT pomp , what terror , tumult , and amaze ! What crowds to view ! what wrecks to fwell ...
... pale disk a bloody tincture ftains : 365 . The dreadful call each mightier orbit hears , And worlds unhing'd come tumbling from their fpheres . WHAT pomp , what terror , tumult , and amaze ! What crowds to view ! what wrecks to fwell ...
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addreffed Anacreon beamy beauty becauſe bloom bofom breaft breath burfts burſt cifed circumftance cloud compofition Criticiſm darkneſs deſcription deſpair diverfified dreadful Effay ev'ry expreffion faid fame fays fcene felect fentiment fhade fhall fighs fimple firft firſt fkies flame foar folemn fome foul fpecies ftand ftill ftrain fubject fublime fuch fuperior Genius glow heav'n heav'nly himſelf Iliad illuftration imagination infpire laſt leaſt likewife looſe Lord Lordship lyre Lyric Poetry meaſure melting mind moſt mufic mufing muſt nature neceffary o'er obferve occafion Orpheus paffage paffion pale perfons Pindar pleaſure Poem Poet poetic pow'r praiſe prefent purpoſe purſue racter raiſe reader reaſon rifing roſe Sappho ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhould ſkies ſky ſmiling ſome ſphere ſtood ſtream thefe theme theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro throng tow'ring tranſport trembling uſe waſte whofe whoſe wild wing γαρ δε εν και μεν
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xxxix - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Seite xi - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Seite cxxiii - Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit Aut humana parum cavit natura.
Seite c - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Seite 39 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Seite 101 - Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at His throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise Him, ye kings, who makes your power An image of His own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Seite 98 - Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire, The mighty chorus aid : Soon as grey ev'ning gilds the plain, Thou, moon, protract the melting strain.
Seite xxxiii - Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly ; the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea.
Seite xxxiv - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Seite cvi - But wrapt in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure : Know we what fortune yet remains behind ? Know we how long the present shall endure ? WIST.