A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Band 1J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... Proud names , who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd ; or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs , grac'd with fcars , and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots , who for facred freedom stood ; Juft men , by whom impartial laws were ...
... Proud names , who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd ; or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs , grac'd with fcars , and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots , who for facred freedom stood ; Juft men , by whom impartial laws were ...
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... Proud English loons ( our clans o'ercome ) On Scottish pads fhall amble home ; I fee them drefs'd in bonnets blue , ( The spoils of thy rebellious crew ) I fee the target caft away , And chequer'd plad become their prey , The chequer'd ...
... Proud English loons ( our clans o'ercome ) On Scottish pads fhall amble home ; I fee them drefs'd in bonnets blue , ( The spoils of thy rebellious crew ) I fee the target caft away , And chequer'd plad become their prey , The chequer'd ...
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... proud palace of the Elfin king ; For every hedge of vegetable green , In happier years a crowded street was seen , Nor all thofe leaves , that now the profpect grace , Could match the numbers of its pigmy race . What urg'd this mighty ...
... proud palace of the Elfin king ; For every hedge of vegetable green , In happier years a crowded street was seen , Nor all thofe leaves , that now the profpect grace , Could match the numbers of its pigmy race . What urg'd this mighty ...
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... proud robes , and colours bright and gay , Shone every knight and every lovely fay . Whoe'er on Powell's dazzling ftage display'd Hath fam'd king Pepin and his court furvey'd , May guefs , if old by modern things we trace , The pomp and ...
... proud robes , and colours bright and gay , Shone every knight and every lovely fay . Whoe'er on Powell's dazzling ftage display'd Hath fam'd king Pepin and his court furvey'd , May guefs , if old by modern things we trace , The pomp and ...
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... to this empire's potent lord , Prais'd like the stars , and next the moon ador'd . She , whom at distance thrones and princedoms view'd , To whom proud Oriel and Azuriel fu'd , In In her high palace languish'd , void of joy , ( 56 )
... to this empire's potent lord , Prais'd like the stars , and next the moon ador'd . She , whom at distance thrones and princedoms view'd , To whom proud Oriel and Azuriel fu'd , In In her high palace languish'd , void of joy , ( 56 )
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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.