Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged in Six VolumesJ. Roach, 1792 |
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Pagina 17
... truths inculcated and enforced . Most of the characters which mankind fuftain in the pre- fent ftate ; many of the purfuits of men in general here be- low , together with the vanity and emptiness of every earth- ly pleafure and ...
... truths inculcated and enforced . Most of the characters which mankind fuftain in the pre- fent ftate ; many of the purfuits of men in general here be- low , together with the vanity and emptiness of every earth- ly pleafure and ...
Pagina 27
... level of our kind ; The Grave gainfays the fmooth complexion'd flatt'ry , And with blunt truth acquaints us what we are . Job xvii . 14 . + See the rich man's dream . C 2 Beau Beauty ! thou pretty play - thing ! dear deceit [ 27 ]
... level of our kind ; The Grave gainfays the fmooth complexion'd flatt'ry , And with blunt truth acquaints us what we are . Job xvii . 14 . + See the rich man's dream . C 2 Beau Beauty ! thou pretty play - thing ! dear deceit [ 27 ]
Pagina 34
... truth we only know , Blifs waits the good ; the bad , eternal woe . But what that blifs , or what that woe fhall be , Thro ' life's dull cafement fince no eye can fee , Let fancy paint the raptures of the skies , And fcenes of vifionary ...
... truth we only know , Blifs waits the good ; the bad , eternal woe . But what that blifs , or what that woe fhall be , Thro ' life's dull cafement fince no eye can fee , Let fancy paint the raptures of the skies , And fcenes of vifionary ...
Pagina 49
... E On * The facred feriptures affure us there is bnt onay to heaven , and that is through faith in Jefus Chrift , whe is the way . the truth , and the life . JOHN xiv . 6 . On the long wifhed for fhore . Prodigious change ! [ 49 ]
... E On * The facred feriptures affure us there is bnt onay to heaven , and that is through faith in Jefus Chrift , whe is the way . the truth , and the life . JOHN xiv . 6 . On the long wifhed for fhore . Prodigious change ! [ 49 ]
Pagina 56
... abilities perfons may be poffeft of , if there are no opportunities of difplaying them , will be of little or no fervice either to the poffeffors of them , or the community , The fruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide , To [ 56 ]
... abilities perfons may be poffeft of , if there are no opportunities of difplaying them , will be of little or no fervice either to the poffeffors of them , or the community , The fruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide , To [ 56 ]
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Pagina 55 - Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Pagina 58 - 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.
Pagina 14 - And while he sinks, without one arm to save, The country blooms — a garden and a grave. Where then, ah! where, shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride? If to some common's...
Pagina 2 - 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...
Pagina 16 - Far different there from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore ; Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day ; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling...
Pagina 60 - 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...
Pagina 5 - I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose : I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt, and all I saw...
Pagina 24 - Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...
Pagina 38 - While low delights, succeeding fast behind, In happier meanness occupy the mind: As in those domes, where...
Pagina 54 - Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.