Poems on Several OccasionsT. Davies, 1770 - 238 páginas |
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... praise and admiration , and yet foon grows weary , he can . fcarce tell why . Our poet , on the contrary , gives out his beauties with a more fparing hand ; he is till carrying his reader forward , and just gives him refreshment ...
... praise and admiration , and yet foon grows weary , he can . fcarce tell why . Our poet , on the contrary , gives out his beauties with a more fparing hand ; he is till carrying his reader forward , and just gives him refreshment ...
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... praise ) E'en now , obfervant of the parting ray , Eyes the calm fun - set of thy various day , Thro ' fortune's cloud one truly great can see , Nor fears to tell , that MORTIMER is he . SEPT . 25 , 1721 . A. POPE . B 2 HESIOD : 1 1 1 ...
... praise ) E'en now , obfervant of the parting ray , Eyes the calm fun - set of thy various day , Thro ' fortune's cloud one truly great can see , Nor fears to tell , that MORTIMER is he . SEPT . 25 , 1721 . A. POPE . B 2 HESIOD : 1 1 1 ...
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... praise ; And wit , to fcandal exquifitely prone , Which frets another's spleen to cure its own . Thofe facred Virgins whom the Bards revere , Tun'd all her voice , and fhed a sweetness there , To make her fenfe with double charms abound ...
... praise ; And wit , to fcandal exquifitely prone , Which frets another's spleen to cure its own . Thofe facred Virgins whom the Bards revere , Tun'd all her voice , and fhed a sweetness there , To make her fenfe with double charms abound ...
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... praise , To A bard triumphant in immortal bays , The learn'd to fhow , the fenfible commend , Yet ftill preserve the province of the friend , What life , what vigour , muft the lines require ? What mufic tune them ? what affection fire ...
... praise , To A bard triumphant in immortal bays , The learn'd to fhow , the fenfible commend , Yet ftill preserve the province of the friend , What life , what vigour , muft the lines require ? What mufic tune them ? what affection fire ...
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... in my hand I take , ( For the libation's yet to make ) A health to poets ! all their days May they have bread , as well as praise ; Senfe Senfe may they feek , and lefs engage In papers 104 POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
... in my hand I take , ( For the libation's yet to make ) A health to poets ! all their days May they have bread , as well as praise ; Senfe Senfe may they feek , and lefs engage In papers 104 POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
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Página 88 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Página 88 - Grace, And calls forth all the Wonders of her Face ; Sees by Degrees a purer Blush arise, And keener Lightnings quicken in her Eyes. The...
Página 136 - Thus artists melt the sullen ore of lead, With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below.
Página 123 - Know God — and bring thy heart to know The joys which from religion flow : Then every grace shall prove its guest, And I'll be there to crown the rest.
Página 134 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial...
Página 86 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box. The tortoise here and elephant unite, Transform'd to combs, the speckled and the white.
Página 126 - And hail, my son," the reverend sire replied ; Words follow'd words, from question answer flow'd, And talk of various kind deceiv'd the road; Till each with other pleas'd, and loth to part, While in their age they differ, join in heart: Thus stands an aged elm in ivy bound, Thus youthful ivy clasps an elm around. Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...
Página 121 - Through rocks amidst the foaming sea, To gain thy love, and then perceives Thou wert not in the rocks and waves ; The silent heart which grief assails, Treads soft and lonesome .o'er the vales, Sees daisies open, rivers run, And seeks (as I have vainly done,) Amusing thought ; but learns to know, That solitude's the nurse of woe.
Página 132 - Before the pilgrims part, the younger crept Near the clos'd cradle where an infant slept, And writh'd his neck.
Página 32 - Without a bunch behind. The story told, Sir Topaz mov'd, The youth of Edith erst approv'd, To see the revel scene : At close of eve he leaves his home, And wends to find the ruin'd dome, All on the gloomy plain. As there he bides, it...