Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1Vicesimus Knox Rivington, 1791 |
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Pagina 29
... but lame kindness That does its work by halves . Why might you not Tell us what ' tis to die ? Do the strict laws Of ... die Were no concern of ours . O more than fottifh ! For creatures of a day , in gamefome mood To frolic on ...
... but lame kindness That does its work by halves . Why might you not Tell us what ' tis to die ? Do the strict laws Of ... die Were no concern of ours . O more than fottifh ! For creatures of a day , in gamefome mood To frolic on ...
Pagina 30
... but ah , how short ! Blefs'd as the pleafing dreams of holy men , But fugitive , like thofe , and quickly gone . O flipp ry state of things ! What fudden turns , What strange viciffitudes , in the first leaf Of man's fad hiftory ! to - day ...
... but ah , how short ! Blefs'd as the pleafing dreams of holy men , But fugitive , like thofe , and quickly gone . O flipp ry state of things ! What fudden turns , What strange viciffitudes , in the first leaf Of man's fad hiftory ! to - day ...
Pagina 32
... but what they feek they find ) : Wife is her prefent ; fhe connects in this His greatest Virtue with his greatest ... day .-- May then the youthful , uninfpired Bard Prefume to hymn th Eternal may he foar Where Scraph and where Cherubin ...
... but what they feek they find ) : Wife is her prefent ; fhe connects in this His greatest Virtue with his greatest ... day .-- May then the youthful , uninfpired Bard Prefume to hymn th Eternal may he foar Where Scraph and where Cherubin ...
Pagina 41
... day ? In his wide grafp , and comprehenfive eye , Immediate , worlds on worlds unnumber'd lie : Syftems inclos'd in his ... But pierces thought , and penetrates the foul ! Ere from the lips the vocal accents part , Or the faint purpose ...
... day ? In his wide grafp , and comprehenfive eye , Immediate , worlds on worlds unnumber'd lie : Syftems inclos'd in his ... But pierces thought , and penetrates the foul ! Ere from the lips the vocal accents part , Or the faint purpose ...
Pagina 43
... day thy cloud was prefent to the fight , Thy fiery pillar led the march by night ; Thy hand amidst the waste their table ... but thy own ? What tho ' in nature's univerfal ftore , Appear the wonders of almighty pow'r ! Pow'r unattended ...
... day thy cloud was prefent to the fight , Thy fiery pillar led the march by night ; Thy hand amidst the waste their table ... but thy own ? What tho ' in nature's univerfal ftore , Appear the wonders of almighty pow'r ! Pow'r unattended ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
beft blefs bleft blifs breaft breath caufe charms death defire earth erft eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fcene fear fecret feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhore fhould fide figh fight filent fing fire firft fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmile foft fome fong fons fool foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftream fuch fure fweet fwell glory grace heart Heaven honour juft king laft lefs loft Lord mind moft moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion pain peace plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride purfue rage reafon reft rife rofe ſhall ſkies ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro toil trembling vex'd virtue whofe wife youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 22 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite 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 churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Pagina 22 - And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Pagina 188 - Puffs, powders, patches, bibles, billet-doux. Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens ev'ry grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Pagina 443 - Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain.
Pagina 215 - With too much spirit to be e'er at ease; With too much quickness ever to be taught; With too much thinking to have common thought: You purchase pain with all that joy can give, And die of nothing but a rage to live.
Pagina 210 - I'll tell you, friend! a wise man and a fool. You'll find, if once the monarch acts the monk, Or, cobbler-like, the parson will be drunk, Worth makes the man, and want of it, the fellow; The rest is all but leather or prunella.
Pagina 14 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Pagina 19 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge thy foe.
Pagina 205 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Pagina 33 - I have bedimm'd The noontide sun, call'd forth the mutinous winds And 'twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt, the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd and let 'em forth By my so potent Art.