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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... far retir'd Among the windings of a woody vale ; By solitude and deep
surrounding shades , But more by bashful modesty conceal'd . Together thus they
shunn'd the cruel scorn Which Virtue , sunk to Poverty , would meet From giddy
Passion ...
... far retir'd Among the windings of a woody vale ; By solitude and deep
surrounding shades , But more by bashful modesty conceal'd . Together thus they
shunn'd the cruel scorn Which Virtue , sunk to Poverty , would meet From giddy
Passion ...
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Now , wrapt in some mysterious dream , A lone philosopher you seem ; Now
quick from hill to vale you fly , And now you sweep the vaulted sky . A shepherd
next , you haunt the plain , And warble forth your oaten strain . A lover now , with
all ...
Now , wrapt in some mysterious dream , A lone philosopher you seem ; Now
quick from hill to vale you fly , And now you sweep the vaulted sky . A shepherd
next , you haunt the plain , And warble forth your oaten strain . A lover now , with
all ...
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Wyen day declining sheds a milder gleam , What time the may - fly haunts the
pool or stream ; When the still owl skims round the glassy mead , What time the
timorous hare limps forth to feed : Then be the time to steal adown the vale , And
...
Wyen day declining sheds a milder gleam , What time the may - fly haunts the
pool or stream ; When the still owl skims round the glassy mead , What time the
timorous hare limps forth to feed : Then be the time to steal adown the vale , And
...
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Simplicity in Attic vest , And Innocence with candid breast , And clear undaunted
eye ; And Hope , who points to distant years , Fair op'ning through this vale of
tears , A vista to the sky . There Health , through whose calm bosom glide The ...
Simplicity in Attic vest , And Innocence with candid breast , And clear undaunted
eye ; And Hope , who points to distant years , Fair op'ning through this vale of
tears , A vista to the sky . There Health , through whose calm bosom glide The ...
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Se hand FABLE VII . “ Why loves my flower , the sweetest flower “ That swells the
golden breast of May , “ Thrown rudely o'er this ruined tower , “ To waste her
solitary day ? “ Why , when the mead , the spicy vale. THE WALL - FLOWER .
Se hand FABLE VII . “ Why loves my flower , the sweetest flower “ That swells the
golden breast of May , “ Thrown rudely o'er this ruined tower , “ To waste her
solitary day ? “ Why , when the mead , the spicy vale. THE WALL - FLOWER .
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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
Pasajes populares
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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