The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: I. Elegies on several occasions. II. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. III. Levities, or pieces of humour. IV. Moral piecesR. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall., 1764 - 345 Seiten |
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... fame time the strongest presumption in its favour . Perhaps it may be no great difficulty to compromise the difpute . There is no one kind of metre that is diftinguished by rhimes , but is liable to fome objection or other . Heroic ...
... fame time the strongest presumption in its favour . Perhaps it may be no great difficulty to compromise the difpute . There is no one kind of metre that is diftinguished by rhimes , but is liable to fome objection or other . Heroic ...
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... fame time never de- viating from a fixed principle , that poetry without morality is but the bloffom of a fruit - tree . Poetry is indeed like that fpecies of plants , which may bear at once both fruits and blossoms , and the tree is by ...
... fame time never de- viating from a fixed principle , that poetry without morality is but the bloffom of a fruit - tree . Poetry is indeed like that fpecies of plants , which may bear at once both fruits and blossoms , and the tree is by ...
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... faithless friends , depart ! Fly my plain board , abhor my hoftile name ! Hence the faint verfe that flows not from the heart , But mourns in labour'd strains , the price of fame ! O lov'd fimplicity ! be thine the prize ! Affiduous.
... faithless friends , depart ! Fly my plain board , abhor my hoftile name ! Hence the faint verfe that flows not from the heart , But mourns in labour'd strains , the price of fame ! O lov'd fimplicity ! be thine the prize ! Affiduous.
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... fame ? Or hearing , ' fancy fweetness in the found ? Perhaps ev'n genius pours a flighted lay ; Perhaps ev'n friendship sheds a fruitless tear ; Ev'n LYTTELTON but vainly trims the bay , And fondly graces HAMMOND's mournful bier . Tho ...
... fame ? Or hearing , ' fancy fweetness in the found ? Perhaps ev'n genius pours a flighted lay ; Perhaps ev'n friendship sheds a fruitless tear ; Ev'n LYTTELTON but vainly trims the bay , And fondly graces HAMMOND's mournful bier . Tho ...
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... fame's bright fabric raise , To life's precarious date confine their care ? O teach them you , to spread the facred bafe , To plan a work , thro ' latest ages fair ! Is it small transport , as with curious eye You trace the story of ...
... fame's bright fabric raise , To life's precarious date confine their care ? O teach them you , to spread the facred bafe , To plan a work , thro ' latest ages fair ! Is it small transport , as with curious eye You trace the story of ...
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bard beauty beſtow bleft blifs bloom boaſt bofom bow'r breaſt cauſe charms chearful cou'd crown'd DAMON dear defire DELIA diftant diſplay eaſe ELEGY Ev'n ev'ry facred faid fair fame fate fav'rite fcorn fecure feek feem fhade fhall fhepherd fhew fhine fhore fhou'd fhun figh fing flow'rs fmile focial foft fome fond fong fons foon foul friendſhip fuch fure fwain fweet fwell gen'rous gentle grace grove lefs lov'd lyre maid mind moffy moſt mournful mufe muſe muſt native ne'er nymph o'er OVID paffion peace penfive plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe raiſe reafon reign rofe roſe rural ſcene ſcorn ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhould ſkies ſky ſmile ſtore ſtrain ſtream ſweets taſte tear tender thee thefe theſe thine thoſe thou thro toils tow'rs Twas virtue whofe whoſe wiſh wou'd youth
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Seite 334 - And all in sight doth rise a birchen tree, Which learning near her little dome did...
Seite 193 - 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.
Seite 341 - Till Fear has taught them a performance meet, And to the well-known chest the dame repair; Whence oft with sugar'd cates she doth 'em greet, And ginger-bread y-rare; now, certes, doubly sweet!
Seite 126 - AVON'S tide ; Bright as the water-lily, fprung, And glittering near its fide. Frefh as the bordering flowers, her bloom : Her eye, all mild to view ; The little halcyon's azure plume Was never half fo blue. Her...
Seite 195 - 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.
Seite 127 - ' 'Tis Strephon, on the mountain's brow, Has won my right good will; To him I gave my plighted vow, With him I'll climb the hill.
Seite 147 - Then fkip'd aloof with quaint amaze ; And then drew near, again to gaze.
Seite 340 - 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...
Seite 336 - Who should not honour'd eld with these revere: For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a Mind which did that title love.
Seite 337 - Fresh baum, and marygold of cheerful hue : The lowly gill, that never dares to climb ; And more I fain would sing, disdaining here to rhyme.