Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this Amusement a Substitute for Society, which the Disturbed Situation of the Country Prevented Their Enjoyingin the month of February, 1792 - 91 páginas |
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... gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those calm defires that ask'd but little room , Those healthful fports that grac'd the peaceful scene , Liv'd in each look , and brighten'd all the green ; Thefe , far departing , seek a kinder ...
... gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom , Those calm defires that ask'd but little room , Those healthful fports that grac'd the peaceful scene , Liv'd in each look , and brighten'd all the green ; Thefe , far departing , seek a kinder ...
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... gently flopes the way ; And , all his profpects bright'ning to the last , His heav'n commences e'er the world be pafs'd ! SWEET was the found , when oft , at ev'ning's close , Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There , as I past ...
... gently flopes the way ; And , all his profpects bright'ning to the last , His heav'n commences e'er the world be pafs'd ! SWEET was the found , when oft , at ev'ning's close , Up yonder hill the village murmur rose ; There , as I past ...
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... gently - falling rills , Ye high o'ershadowing hills , Ye lawns gay - fmiling with eternal green , Oft have you my Lucy feen ! But never shall you now behold her more : Nor will she now , with fond delight , And taste refin'd , your ...
... gently - falling rills , Ye high o'ershadowing hills , Ye lawns gay - fmiling with eternal green , Oft have you my Lucy feen ! But never shall you now behold her more : Nor will she now , with fond delight , And taste refin'd , your ...
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... Befet with ofiers dank , Nor where Clitumnus rolls his gentle ftream , Nor where , through hanging woods , Steep Anio pours his floods , Nor yet where Meles or Iliffus ftray . Ill does it now beseem , That , of your A MONOD Y. 27.
... Befet with ofiers dank , Nor where Clitumnus rolls his gentle ftream , Nor where , through hanging woods , Steep Anio pours his floods , Nor yet where Meles or Iliffus ftray . Ill does it now beseem , That , of your A MONOD Y. 27.
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... gentle tears would fall ; Tears , from sweet Virtue's fource , benevolent to all . Not only good and kind , But ftrong and elevated was her mind : A fpirit that with noble pride Could look fuperior down On Fortune's fmile or frown ...
... gentle tears would fall ; Tears , from sweet Virtue's fource , benevolent to all . Not only good and kind , But ftrong and elevated was her mind : A fpirit that with noble pride Could look fuperior down On Fortune's fmile or frown ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Amidſt Belinda beneath beſt beſtow bleft blifs bliſs bloom bofom bow'rs breaſt breath charms cloſe dear defart deſpair difdain diftant e'en e'er eaſe ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fair head fame fate fcorn feen fenfe fide figh filent filver firft firſt flow'rs fmil'd fmile foft folitary fome fond foon forrow foul fpirits ftill ftrike fuch fweet gentle Gnome grace grief grove hair head heart Heav'n honours Juft kifs labour laſt lefs Lock maid manſion mortal Muſe muſt nymph o'er paffion pain paſt Petrarch Phyllis pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride prize raiſe reft repoſe rife riſing roſe round ſcene ſeen shade shining ſmile ſpoke ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill ſwain ſweet SWEET AUBURN Sylphs taſte tear tender Thaleftris thee thefe theſe thofe Thoſe thou thro toil train trembling Twas Umbriel uſe whofe Whoſe wretched
Passagens conhecidas
Página 22 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 2 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Página 3 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
Página 1 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Página 10 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Página 22 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 23 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Página 66 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 8 - The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Página 18 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.