Miscellaneous poems. Dramatic poemsF.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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... Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail , Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And learn the luxury of doing good . But me , not destin'd such delights to share , My prime of life in ...
... Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail , Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food , And learn the luxury of doing good . But me , not destin'd such delights to share , My prime of life in ...
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... laughter titter'd round the place ; The bashful virgin's side - long looks of love , The matron's glance that would those looks reprove . These were thy charms , sweet village ! sports like these , With sweet succession , taught e'en ...
... laughter titter'd round the place ; The bashful virgin's side - long looks of love , The matron's glance that would those looks reprove . These were thy charms , sweet village ! sports like these , With sweet succession , taught e'en ...
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... laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade , And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made . But now the sounds of population fail , No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale , No busy steps the ...
... laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade , And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made . But now the sounds of population fail , No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale , No busy steps the ...
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... laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes , for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round , Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Yet he was kind , or if severe in aught , The love he bore to learning ...
... laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes , for many a joke had he ; Full well the busy whisper circling round , Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd ; Yet he was kind , or if severe in aught , The love he bore to learning ...
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... laughing at all ! In short , so provoking a devil was Dick , That we wish'd him full ten times a day at Old Nick ; But missing his mirth and agreeable vein , As often we wish'd to have Dick back again . Here Cumberland lies , having ...
... laughing at all ! In short , so provoking a devil was Dick , That we wish'd him full ten times a day at Old Nick ; But missing his mirth and agreeable vein , As often we wish'd to have Dick back again . Here Cumberland lies , having ...
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aunt BAILIFF bar-maid battle of Belgrade believe blessing breast BULKLEY CHALDEAN Charles Marlow charms daughter David Garrick dear DIGGORY e'en Ecod Enter Miss Epilogue Exeunt Exit eyes father favour fear fellow folly fool forgive fortune friendship GARNET girl give GOLDSMITH good-natur'd hand happiness HASTINGS hear heart Heaven honour hope horses hour humour impudence JARVIS jewels keep lady laugh leave LEONTINE letter LOFTY look Lord Madam maid MARLOW married mean mind Miss CATLEY Miss HARDCASTLE Miss NEVILLE Miss RICHLAND modest never night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH OLIVIA pardon passion pleasure poor POSTBOY Pray pretty pride PROPHET pruin scarce scene SERVANT shew Sir CHARLES Sir William Honeywood smiling soul stept STOOPS TO CONQUER sure sweet SWEET AUBURN talk tell thee there's thing thou TONY undone wretch Zounds
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Seite 113 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart...
Seite 73 - Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn; Now lost to all — her friends, her virtue fled — Near her betrayer's door she lays her head...
Seite 70 - To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art. Spontaneous joys, where nature has its play, The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway ; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind, Unenvied, unmolested...
Seite 45 - That first excites desire, and then supplies. Unknown to them, when sensual pleasures cloy, To fill the languid pause with finer joy; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame, \ Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame : Their level life is but a...
Seite 65 - But now the sounds of population fail, No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale, No busy steps the grass-grown footway tread, But. all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
Seite 66 - Unskilful he to fawn, or seek for power By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour; Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More bent to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Seite 49 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Seite 71 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land. Proud swells...
Seite 38 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his fo6d, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Seite 107 - Though fraught with all learning, yet straining his throat To persuade f Tommy Townshend to lend him a vote; Who, too deep for his hearers, still went on refining, And thought of convincing, while they thought of dining...