A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands: With NotesJ. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... reign ; Let the fteel'd Turk be deaf to matrons ' cries , See virgins ravish'd with relentless eyes ; To death grey heads and smiling infants doom , Nor fpare the promise of the pregnant womb ; O'er wafted kingdoms fpread his wide ...
... reign ; Let the fteel'd Turk be deaf to matrons ' cries , See virgins ravish'd with relentless eyes ; To death grey heads and smiling infants doom , Nor fpare the promise of the pregnant womb ; O'er wafted kingdoms fpread his wide ...
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... reign's caufe : For thou in pity bid'st the war give o'er , Mourn'ft thy flain heroes , nor wilt venture more . Vaft price of blood on each victorious day ! ( But Europe's freedom doth that price repay . ) Lamented triumphs ! when one ...
... reign's caufe : For thou in pity bid'st the war give o'er , Mourn'ft thy flain heroes , nor wilt venture more . Vaft price of blood on each victorious day ! ( But Europe's freedom doth that price repay . ) Lamented triumphs ! when one ...
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... reign's frown , And fcorn'd for gold to yield th ' important town . His fon was born the ravish'd prey to claim , And France ftill trembles at an Harley's name . A fort fo dreadful to our English shore , Our fleets fcarce fear'd the ...
... reign's frown , And fcorn'd for gold to yield th ' important town . His fon was born the ravish'd prey to claim , And France ftill trembles at an Harley's name . A fort fo dreadful to our English shore , Our fleets fcarce fear'd the ...
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... reign of Queen Anne . In the month of August 1715 , he drew together his adherents , and proclaimed the Pretender , King . His forces continued to encrease , until they amounted to between fix and feven thousand men , and with these he ...
... reign of Queen Anne . In the month of August 1715 , he drew together his adherents , and proclaimed the Pretender , King . His forces continued to encrease , until they amounted to between fix and feven thousand men , and with these he ...
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... reign , And traitors be forfworn in vain . Heav'n fhall for ever on him fmile , And blefs him fill with an Argyle . While thou , purfu'd by vengeful foes , Condemn'd to barren rocks and fnows , And hinder'd paffing Inverlocky , Shalt ...
... reign , And traitors be forfworn in vain . Heav'n fhall for ever on him fmile , And blefs him fill with an Argyle . While thou , purfu'd by vengeful foes , Condemn'd to barren rocks and fnows , And hinder'd paffing Inverlocky , Shalt ...
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æther beauty beneath bleffings bleft boaſt bofom breaſt cauſe charms diftant dreadful e'er Earl eaſe Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair falfe fame fate fatire fcenes fcorn fecret fecure feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhun fide filent fing firft firſt flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul ftand ftate ftill ftreams fuch fweet fwell Gaul grace Grongar Hill heart heav'n honour houſe joys juft king laſt lefs loft mind moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain peace Phaëton pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud purſue Queen Queen Anne quid rage raiſe reafon reign rife ſcene ſcheme ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtands ſtate ſtill ſweet taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſeful vaft virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſh
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Seite 286 - ... verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit aut humana parum cavit natura.
Seite 243 - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
Seite 225 - Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles on a smooth canal ; The mountains round, unhappy fate! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies...
Seite 225 - As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air Which to those who journey near Barren, brown and rough appear: Still we tread the same coarse way; The present's still a cloudy day.
Seite 213 - The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Seite 338 - Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As musing slow I hail Thy genial loved return. For when thy folding-star * arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves 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.
Seite 337 - 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. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung : There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! TO MERCY.
Seite 251 - 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 211 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakespeare 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 powerful strokes presiding truth impress'd, And unresisted passion storm'd the breast.
Seite 225 - In all the hues of heaven's bow, And, swelling to embrace the light, Spreads around beneath the sight.