The Poetical Works of W. Shenstone ...T. Cadell, 1798 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 15 - ALCON'S bier; The faithful mufe with votive fong attends, And blots the mournful numbers with a tear. He little knew the fly penurious art ; That odious art which fortune's favourites know; Form'd to beftow, he felt the warmeft heart, But envious fate forbade him to beftow.
Pagina xxv - ... to overbalance the objection, and to give it the preference to any other, in an Elegy of length.
Pagina xxviii - If the Author has hazarded, throughout, the use of English or modern allusions, he hopes it will not be imputed to an entire ignorance, or to the least disesteem of the ancient learning. He has kept the ancient plan and method in his eye, though he builds his edifice with the materials of his own nation.
Pagina 156 - Th' habitual fcene of hill and dale, The rural herds, the vernal gale, The tangled vetch's purple bloom, The fragrance of the bean's perfume, Be theirs alone who cultivate the foil, And drink the cup of thirft, and eat the bread of toil.
Pagina 83 - And faw th' unwilling elephants retire. But when their gold deprefs'd the yielding fcale, Their gold, in pyramidic plenty pil'd, He faw th' unutterable grief prevail ; He faw their tears, and, in his fury, fmil'd.
Pagina 31 - Whilft I approach the glitt'ring fcenes of ftate, My beft companion no admittance find? Nurs'd in the fhades by freedom's lenient care, Shall I the rigid fway of fortune own ? Taught by the voice of pious truth, prepare To...
Pagina 143 - To fhield th' illuftrious dame's repofe : Others had grac'd the fprightly dome, And taught the portrait where to glow ; Others arrang'd the curious tome ; Or 'mid the decorated fpace, Affign'd the laurel'd buft a place, And given to learning all the pomp of mow.
Pagina 20 - Then young simplicity, averse to feign, Shall unmolested breathe her softest sigh, And candour with unwonted warmth complain, And innocence indulge a wailful cry. Then elegance, with coy judicious hand, Shall cull fresh flow'rets for Ophelia's tomb; And beauty chide the fates' severe command, That show'd the frailty of so fair a bloom!
Pagina xxi - The most important end of all poetry is to encourage virtue. Epic and tragedy chiefly recommend the public virtues ; elegy is of a species which illustrates and endears the private. There is a truly virtuous pleasure connected with many pensive contemplations, which it is the province and excellency of elegy to enforce.
Pagina 154 - Let yon admired carnation own Not all was meant for raiment or for food, Not all for needful use alone ; There, while the seeds of future blossoms dwell, 'Tis colour'd for the sight, perfumed to please the smell.