Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and to Comprise, in One Volume, the Beauties of English PoetryBaldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1817 - 260 páginas |
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... plain . To cool his heat , he sought the breezy grove ; To cool his heat , but more the heat of love : To soothe his cares , on the soft lute he play'd ; But the soft lute refresh'd the lovely maid : Conspiring elms their umbrage shed ...
... plain . To cool his heat , he sought the breezy grove ; To cool his heat , but more the heat of love : To soothe his cares , on the soft lute he play'd ; But the soft lute refresh'd the lovely maid : Conspiring elms their umbrage shed ...
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... plain , And mourn the glories which it could not gain . He said , and as he said , his soul on fire , With a disdainful air he struck the lyre . Quick to the touch , the tides of music flow , Swell into strength , or melt away in woe ...
... plain , And mourn the glories which it could not gain . He said , and as he said , his soul on fire , With a disdainful air he struck the lyre . Quick to the touch , the tides of music flow , Swell into strength , or melt away in woe ...
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... plain , inspiring Autumn gleams , Or Winter rises in the blackening East , Be my tongue mute , my fancy paint no more , And , dead to joy , forget my heart to beat ! Should Fate command me to the farthest verge Of the SELECT POEMS . 31.
... plain , inspiring Autumn gleams , Or Winter rises in the blackening East , Be my tongue mute , my fancy paint no more , And , dead to joy , forget my heart to beat ! Should Fate command me to the farthest verge Of the SELECT POEMS . 31.
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... plains ; That sun who bids their diamond blaze , To paint our lily deigns . Long had she fill'd each youth with love , Each maiden with despair ; And though by all a wonder own'd , Yet knew not she was fair ; Till Edwin came , the pride ...
... plains ; That sun who bids their diamond blaze , To paint our lily deigns . Long had she fill'd each youth with love , Each maiden with despair ; And though by all a wonder own'd , Yet knew not she was fair ; Till Edwin came , the pride ...
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... plain , And warble forth your oaten strain . A lover now , with all the grace Of that sweet passion in your face : Then , calm'd to friendship , you assume The gentle - looking Hartford's bloom , As , with her Musidora , she ( Her ...
... plain , And warble forth your oaten strain . A lover now , with all the grace Of that sweet passion in your face : Then , calm'd to friendship , you assume The gentle - looking Hartford's bloom , As , with her Musidora , she ( Her ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Amid art thou beauty Beneath bird bless bliss bloom bosom bower breast breath bright call'd charms cheek cheer Crazy Jane dear delight E'en e'er earth Edwin eyes fair fair Lady fairies fate fix'd flow flower fond gay Nature gentle gloom glow grace grove hand happy hear heart heaven holy hour lamp at midnight light live lubber fiend lyre maid mind Mirth morn mourn muse Musidora Nature's ne'er never night nymph o'er pain passion peace Philomel pity pleasing pleasure praise pride rest rise round shade shine sigh sing skies smiling smiling train soft solemn song sorrow soul sound spring stamp'd swain sweet tale tear tender Thaïs thee thine thou thought Timotheus touch of joy train trembling Tryphiodorus Twas vale virtue voice warbling WILLIAM MELMOTH wind wings youth
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Página 134 - Of grateful evening mild; then silent night With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
Página 55 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heav'n pursue.
Página 135 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Página 171 - 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 94 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Página 92 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade: nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined • Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind...
Página 91 - How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; 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, Awaits alike th
Página 174 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 240 - And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd, Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry. Then shook the hills with thunder riven, Then rush'd the steed to battle driven, And louder than the bolts of heaven, Far flash'd the red artillery.
Página 125 - Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing: And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure; But first, and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation...