Elegant poems. Pope's Essay on man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's Traveller, and Goldsmith's Deserted village1814 |
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... the lone church - yard at night I've seen , By glimpse of moon - shine chequering through the trees , The school - boy , with his satchel in his hand , Whistling aloud to bear his courage up , And lightly 64 BLAIR'S GRAVE .
... the lone church - yard at night I've seen , By glimpse of moon - shine chequering through the trees , The school - boy , with his satchel in his hand , Whistling aloud to bear his courage up , And lightly 64 BLAIR'S GRAVE .
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... seen orbs That roll with regular confusion there , In ecstacy of thought . But ah ! proud man , Great heights are hazardous to the weak head ; Soon , very soon thy firmest footing fails And down thou dropp'st into that darksome place ...
... seen orbs That roll with regular confusion there , In ecstacy of thought . But ah ! proud man , Great heights are hazardous to the weak head ; Soon , very soon thy firmest footing fails And down thou dropp'st into that darksome place ...
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... seen , upon a summer's ev'n , Fast by a riv'let's brink , a youngster play : How wishfully he looks to stem the tide ! This moment resolute , next unresolv'd : At last he dips his foot ; but as he dips , His fears redouble , and he runs ...
... seen , upon a summer's ev'n , Fast by a riv'let's brink , a youngster play : How wishfully he looks to stem the tide ! This moment resolute , next unresolv'd : At last he dips his foot ; but as he dips , His fears redouble , and he runs ...
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... seen him , at the peep of dawn , " Brushing , with hasty steps , the dews away , " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn . " There , at the foot of yonder nodding beech , " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high , " His listless ...
... seen him , at the peep of dawn , " Brushing , with hasty steps , the dews away , " To meet the sun upon the upland lawn . " There , at the foot of yonder nodding beech , " That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high , " His listless ...
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... seen , in bloodless pomp array'd , The pasteboard triumph and the cavalcade ; Processions form'd for piety and love , A mistress or a saint in every grove . By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd ; The sports of children ...
... seen , in bloodless pomp array'd , The pasteboard triumph and the cavalcade ; Processions form'd for piety and love , A mistress or a saint in every grove . By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd ; The sports of children ...
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Elegant Poems. Pope's Essay on Man, Blair's Grave, Gray's Elegy, Goldsmith's ... Elegant Poems Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
alike Amidst beneath Blair blank verse bless'd blessing blest bliss blood boast breast breath charms climes creature dear death e'en e'er earth ease Elegy EPISTLE EPISTLE II eternal ev'n ev'ry fame fear fix'd flies fool form'd gen'ral giv'n grave hand happiness heart Heav'n honour hope hope and fear human instinct int'rest kings land laws learn'd looks lord luxury man's mankind mind monarch moral nature nature's ne'er never o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once pain passions plac'd Pleas'd pleasure poem poor pow'r pride proud reason reign rest rich rill rise Robert Blair round Self-love shade shame sire skies slave smiling society soul spread strength swain sweet SWEET AUBURN taught tell thee thine thing thou thro toil Twas tyrant vice village virtue weak wealth Whilst whole wise world unknown wretch yonder
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 88 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Seite 19 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Seite 86 - Let not ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; Nor grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor.
Seite 114 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Seite 18 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Seite 112 - tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No surly porter stands in guilty state, To spurn imploring famine from the gate...
Seite 14 - In Pride, in reas'ning Pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the blest abodes, Men would be Angels, Angels would be Gods. Aspiring to be Gods, if Angels fell, Aspiring to be Angels, Men rebel: And who but wishes to invert the laws Of Order, sins against th
Seite 115 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day...
Seite 118 - And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour, When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Seite 85 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight...