Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas Tomkinseditor, and J. Wallis, 1780 - 204 pagina's |
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Pagina vi
... met with the fanction and encouragement of men the most eminent for their wisdom and virtue : and it is much to be feared that those whofe imaginations are not enlivened by the charms of Poetry , muft either have vi TO THE PUBLIC .
... met with the fanction and encouragement of men the most eminent for their wisdom and virtue : and it is much to be feared that those whofe imaginations are not enlivened by the charms of Poetry , muft either have vi TO THE PUBLIC .
Pagina 7
... those who prize the paltry things , " More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , 1 " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows wealth or fame , " But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is ftill ...
... those who prize the paltry things , " More trifling ftill than they . " And what is friendship but a name , 1 " A charm that lulls to fleep ; " A fhade that follows wealth or fame , " But leaves the wretch to weep ? " And love is ftill ...
Pagina 34
... those stars that twinkling luftre fend Are funs , and rolling worlds thofe funs attend , Man may conjecture , and new fchemes declare , Yet all his fyftems but conjectures are ; But this we know , that heaven's eternal King , Who bid ...
... those stars that twinkling luftre fend Are funs , and rolling worlds thofe funs attend , Man may conjecture , and new fchemes declare , Yet all his fyftems but conjectures are ; But this we know , that heaven's eternal King , Who bid ...
Pagina 35
... those lands the busy fun forfakes , With us again the rofy morning wakes : In lazy fleep the night rolls swift away , And neither clime laments his abfent ray . When the pure foul is from the body flown , No more fhall Night's alternate ...
... those lands the busy fun forfakes , With us again the rofy morning wakes : In lazy fleep the night rolls swift away , And neither clime laments his abfent ray . When the pure foul is from the body flown , No more fhall Night's alternate ...
Pagina 57
... Those ugly broken mouldy pales : Suppofe , my dear , instead of these , We build a railing , all Chinese , Although one hates to be expos'd ,. " Tis difmal to be thus inclos'd ;. 57 וי One hardly any object fees --- I wish you'd fell ...
... Those ugly broken mouldy pales : Suppofe , my dear , instead of these , We build a railing , all Chinese , Although one hates to be expos'd ,. " Tis difmal to be thus inclos'd ;. 57 וי One hardly any object fees --- I wish you'd fell ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 150 - 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 th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Pagina 81 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Pagina 186 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Pagina 178 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Pagina 183 - Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Pagina 193 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Pagina 99 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Pagina 82 - Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Pagina 149 - 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. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Pagina 185 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade; And young and old come forth to play On.