A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Band 1J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... grace ; Vain care of parts ; if , impotent of soul , Th ' induftrious workman fails to warm the whole ! Each theft betrays the marble whence it came , And a cold statue stiffens in the frame . Thee Thee Nature taught , nor Art her aid ...
... grace ; Vain care of parts ; if , impotent of soul , Th ' induftrious workman fails to warm the whole ! Each theft betrays the marble whence it came , And a cold statue stiffens in the frame . Thee Thee Nature taught , nor Art her aid ...
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... grace , Could match the numbers of its pigmy race . What urg'd this mighty empire to its fate , A tale of woe and wonder , I relate . When Albion rul'd the land , whofe lineage came From Neptune mingling with a mortal dame , Their ...
... grace , Could match the numbers of its pigmy race . What urg'd this mighty empire to its fate , A tale of woe and wonder , I relate . When Albion rul'd the land , whofe lineage came From Neptune mingling with a mortal dame , Their ...
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... crown'd , Through all your grottoes waft my plaintive found , And urge the god , whofe trident shakes the earth , To grace his off - spring , and affert my birth . ' He He faid . A gentle Naiad heard his prayer , ( 62 )
... crown'd , Through all your grottoes waft my plaintive found , And urge the god , whofe trident shakes the earth , To grace his off - spring , and affert my birth . ' He He faid . A gentle Naiad heard his prayer , ( 62 )
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... d nymph , fair Kenna , came , ( Kenna that gave the neighb'ring town its name ) Proud when she saw th ' ennobled garden fhine With nymphs and heroes of her lover's line . She She vow'd to grace the manfions once her own , ( 72 )
... d nymph , fair Kenna , came , ( Kenna that gave the neighb'ring town its name ) Proud when she saw th ' ennobled garden fhine With nymphs and heroes of her lover's line . She She vow'd to grace the manfions once her own , ( 72 )
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In Six Volumes. She vow'd to grace the manfions once her own , And picture out in plants the fairy town . To far - fam'd Wife her flight ... grace the groves where Albion's kinsmen reign . ΑΝ ΑΝ EPISTLE from a Lady in ENGLAND , ΤΟ Α ( 73 )
In Six Volumes. She vow'd to grace the manfions once her own , And picture out in plants the fairy town . To far - fam'd Wife her flight ... grace the groves where Albion's kinsmen reign . ΑΝ ΑΝ EPISTLE from a Lady in ENGLAND , ΤΟ Α ( 73 )
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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.