A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Band 1J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... death , too long Have been the subject of the British song . Who hath not read of fam'd Ramilia's plain , Bavaria's fall , and Danube choak'd with flain ? A 4 Exhausted Exhausted themes ! A gentler note I raise , And ΟΝ ΤΗΕ ...
... death , too long Have been the subject of the British song . Who hath not read of fam'd Ramilia's plain , Bavaria's fall , and Danube choak'd with flain ? A 4 Exhausted Exhausted themes ! A gentler note I raise , And ΟΝ ΤΗΕ ...
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... death , to flaughter turn'd his heart , And fitted murder to the rules of art ? Ah ! curs'd ambition , to thy lures we owe All the great ills that mortals bear below . Curs'd by the hind , when to the spoil he yields His year's whole ...
... death , to flaughter turn'd his heart , And fitted murder to the rules of art ? Ah ! curs'd ambition , to thy lures we owe All the great ills that mortals bear below . Curs'd by the hind , when to the spoil he yields His year's whole ...
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... death grey heads and smiling infants doom , Nor spare the promise of the pregnant womb ; O'er wafted kingdoms fpread his wide command , The favage lord of an unpeopled land . Her guiltless glory juft Britannia draws From pure religion ...
... death grey heads and smiling infants doom , Nor spare the promise of the pregnant womb ; O'er wafted kingdoms fpread his wide command , The favage lord of an unpeopled land . Her guiltless glory juft Britannia draws From pure religion ...
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... death to Woodstock's peaceful glooms ( The poet's haunt ) Britannia's hero comes Begin , my Mufe , and softly touch the string : Here Henry lov'd ; and Chaucer learn'd to fing . Hail fabled grotto ! hail Elyfian foil ! Thou faireft fpot ...
... death to Woodstock's peaceful glooms ( The poet's haunt ) Britannia's hero comes Begin , my Mufe , and softly touch the string : Here Henry lov'd ; and Chaucer learn'd to fing . Hail fabled grotto ! hail Elyfian foil ! Thou faireft fpot ...
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... Death of Mr. ADDISON . By the Same . dumb too long , the drooping Muse hath staid , And left her debt to Addison unpaid ; Blame not her filence , Warwick , but bemoan , And judge , oh judge , my bofom by your own . What mourner ever ...
... Death of Mr. ADDISON . By the Same . dumb too long , the drooping Muse hath staid , And left her debt to Addison unpaid ; Blame not her filence , Warwick , but bemoan , And judge , oh judge , my bofom by your own . What mourner ever ...
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æther becauſe beneath beſt bleffings bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh charms defire diftant eaſe endleſs Engliſh Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair falſe fame fate fecret feem fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhun fide filent fing firſt fkies flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftill fuch fweet Gaul grace Grongar Hill happineſs heart heav'n houſe joys juſt kings laſt leaſt lefs loft mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud purſue quæ quid rage raiſe reafon reſt rife riſe ſcene ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtage ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſtrive ſtrong ſweet taſte thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tow'rs Unleſs uſe virtue whofe Whoſe wife wiſh youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 260 - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
Seite 30 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Seite 215 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.
Seite 231 - Grongar Hill Silent nymph! with curious eye Who the purple evening lie On the mountain's lonely van Beyond the noise of busy man, Painting fair the form of things...
Seite 209 - This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.
Seite 261 - ... green, On which the tribe their gambols do display ; And at the door...
Seite 217 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Seite 131 - To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen, Some recommend the bowling-green ; Some, hilly walks ; all, exercise ; Fling but a stone, the giant dies. Laugh and be well. Monkeys have been Extreme good doctors for the Spleen ; And kitten, if the humour hit, Has harlequin'd away the fit.
Seite 234 - That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
Seite 265 - On thee she calls, on thee her parent dear! . . (Ah ! too remote to ward the shameful blow!) 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.