The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two CantosLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, etc., etc., Originally published as an ode.-Pref., 1823 - 286 pagina's |
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Pagina x
... rapture , if sacred Poetry were incapable of enlarg- ing the comprehension and elevating the fancy ? If it be observed that the illustrations of sacred subjects , in the holy Scriptures , are so complete , that they can receive but ...
... rapture , if sacred Poetry were incapable of enlarg- ing the comprehension and elevating the fancy ? If it be observed that the illustrations of sacred subjects , in the holy Scriptures , are so complete , that they can receive but ...
Pagina 44
... rapture of celestial fire , May breathe such anthems , consecrate and pure , That , when set free from earth's investiture , He only needs to join the angelic throng , And , holier made , the same bright theme prolong . Yet gracious ...
... rapture of celestial fire , May breathe such anthems , consecrate and pure , That , when set free from earth's investiture , He only needs to join the angelic throng , And , holier made , the same bright theme prolong . Yet gracious ...
Pagina 55
... on this favourite shrine , E'en for the sceptic and the libertine , Your incense all with thoughtless rapture fling , While to your GOD , your Country , and your King , No homage due , no sacrifice ye pay ; Ye THE BARDIAD . 55.
... on this favourite shrine , E'en for the sceptic and the libertine , Your incense all with thoughtless rapture fling , While to your GOD , your Country , and your King , No homage due , no sacrifice ye pay ; Ye THE BARDIAD . 55.
Pagina 137
... rapture in their eyes , That full expanse of voice to children dear , Soul of their sports , is duly cherish'd here : And hark ! that laugh is his - that jovial cry , He hears the ball and trundling hoop brush by , And runs the giddy ...
... rapture in their eyes , That full expanse of voice to children dear , Soul of their sports , is duly cherish'd here : And hark ! that laugh is his - that jovial cry , He hears the ball and trundling hoop brush by , And runs the giddy ...
Pagina 138
... rapture round his eyes , Presents a sighing parent with the prize ! " Page 23 . " Oh ! why was such a Harp so soon unstrung ? ” It must have been a matter of undissembled regret that a Poet so pure and so perfect as Dr. Beattie should ...
... rapture round his eyes , Presents a sighing parent with the prize ! " Page 23 . " Oh ! why was such a Harp so soon unstrung ? ” It must have been a matter of undissembled regret that a Poet so pure and so perfect as Dr. Beattie should ...
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Pagina 190 - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty Go<J of Jacob : (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel...
Pagina 201 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his...
Pagina 187 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Pagina 176 - Less than a god they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well. What passion cannot Music raise and quell?
Pagina 175 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
Pagina 196 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Pagina 190 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Pagina 100 - But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam' o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek ; With heart-struck anxious care, inquires his name, While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak : Weel pleased the mother hears it's nae wild, worthless rake. Wi...
Pagina 136 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Pagina 194 - Lord, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: Thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as a heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.