Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
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she cry'd ; " and I shall see That angel - face no more ! 24 . " I feel , I feel this
breaking heart Beat high against my side -- " From her white arm down sonk her
head ; She shivering , sigh'd , and died . AN ENQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS .
she cry'd ; " and I shall see That angel - face no more ! 24 . " I feel , I feel this
breaking heart Beat high against my side -- " From her white arm down sonk her
head ; She shivering , sigh'd , and died . AN ENQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS .
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Behind the master walks , builds up the shocks , And , conscious , glancing oft on
every side His sated eye , feels his heart heave with joy . The gleaners spread
around , and here and there , Spike after spike , their scanty harvest pick . Be not
...
Behind the master walks , builds up the shocks , And , conscious , glancing oft on
every side His sated eye , feels his heart heave with joy . The gleaners spread
around , and here and there , Spike after spike , their scanty harvest pick . Be not
...
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... and that he has not thrown away five shillings in the purchase of a worthless
book , but contributed so much to the assistance of indigent merit . I had rather
have my readers feel that pleasure which arises from the sense of having done
one ...
... and that he has not thrown away five shillings in the purchase of a worthless
book , but contributed so much to the assistance of indigent merit . I had rather
have my readers feel that pleasure which arises from the sense of having done
one ...
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... With wonder viewed the opening flower . “ Ill - fated flower , at eve to blow , " In
pity's simple thought he cries , Thy bosom must not feel the glow “ Of splendid
suns , or smiling skies . “ Nor thee , the vagrants of the field , 22 THE FABLES OF
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... With wonder viewed the opening flower . “ Ill - fated flower , at eve to blow , " In
pity's simple thought he cries , Thy bosom must not feel the glow “ Of splendid
suns , or smiling skies . “ Nor thee , the vagrants of the field , 22 THE FABLES OF
...
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If war my peaceful realms assail , “ And then , unmoved by pity's call , “ I smile to
see the bleeding vale , “ Or feel one joy in nature's fall . “ Then may each justly
vengeful flower “ Pursue her Queen with generous strife , Nor leave the hand of ...
If war my peaceful realms assail , “ And then , unmoved by pity's call , “ I smile to
see the bleeding vale , “ Or feel one joy in nature's fall . “ Then may each justly
vengeful flower “ Pursue her Queen with generous strife , Nor leave the hand of ...
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bear beauty behold bliss bloom born breast breath charms Content dark dear death delight dwell earth ev'ry face fair fall fate fear feel flow flower fond gentle give glow grace green grove hand happy head hear heart Heaven hill hope hour kind leads leaves light live look maid mind morn mourn nature Nature's never night o'er once pain passion peace pity plain pleasure pow'r praise pride rest rise rose round scenes sense shade sigh sight sings skies smiling soft song soon sorrow soul sound spreads spring stream sweet tale tear tell thee thine thou thought train trembling turns Twas vale Virtue voice walk wealth wings wish youth
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Página 168 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Página 171 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 166 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Página 56 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace ; Who foremost now delight to cleave, With pliant arm, thy glassy wave...
Página 167 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all...
Página 79 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 116 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Página 24 - From seeming Evil still educing Good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Página 109 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise...
Página 134 - With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise : Join voices, all ye living souls ; ye birds, That singing up to heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
| Autor | E. Tomkins |
| Editor | B. Crosby and Company, 1804 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York |
| Digitalizado | 28 Nov. 2006 |
| Largo | 256 páginas |
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