The Minstrel; Or, The Progress of Genius: in Two Books. With Some Other PoemsT. Gillet, 1797 - 120 páginas |
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... dart ; Prompting th ' ungenerous wish , the selfish scheme , The stern resolve , unmoved by pity's smart , The troublous day , and long distressful dream.- Return , my roving Muse , resume thy purposed theme . XI . There liv'd in Gothic ...
... dart ; Prompting th ' ungenerous wish , the selfish scheme , The stern resolve , unmoved by pity's smart , The troublous day , and long distressful dream.- Return , my roving Muse , resume thy purposed theme . XI . There liv'd in Gothic ...
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... dart away , they wheel askance ; To right , to left , they thrid the flying maze ; Now bound aloft with vigorous spring , then glance Rapid along with many - colour'd rays : Of tapers , gems , and gold , the echoing forests blaze ...
... dart away , they wheel askance ; To right , to left , they thrid the flying maze ; Now bound aloft with vigorous spring , then glance Rapid along with many - colour'd rays : Of tapers , gems , and gold , the echoing forests blaze ...
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... Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye , " And learns , from facts compared , the laws to trace , " Whose long progression leads to Deity . " Can mortal strength presume to soar so high ! " Can mortal sight , so oft bedim'd with tears ...
... Darts the keen lustre of her serious eye , " And learns , from facts compared , the laws to trace , " Whose long progression leads to Deity . " Can mortal strength presume to soar so high ! " Can mortal sight , so oft bedim'd with tears ...
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... dart , " Sooth the sharp pang , allay the fever's fire , " And brace the nerves once more , and chear the heart , " And yet a few soft nights and balmy days impart . LII . " Nor less to regulate man's moral frame 62 THE MINSTREL .
... dart , " Sooth the sharp pang , allay the fever's fire , " And brace the nerves once more , and chear the heart , " And yet a few soft nights and balmy days impart . LII . " Nor less to regulate man's moral frame 62 THE MINSTREL .
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... dart . Scaped the dark dungeon does the slave complain , Nor bless the hand that broke the galling chain ? Say ... Darts through the rending gloom the blaze of day , And wings the soul with boundless flight to soar , ELEGY . 79.
... dart . Scaped the dark dungeon does the slave complain , Nor bless the hand that broke the galling chain ? Say ... Darts through the rending gloom the blaze of day , And wings the soul with boundless flight to soar , ELEGY . 79.
Términos y frases comunes
abandon'd adorn afar alarms Ambition's Art thou artless balmy beams beauty bosom bower bramble breast charms cheek cherub cliffs clouds cranes dark dart death deep doom'd dread dream Edwin eternal falchion fame Fancy Fancy's Fate fire fled flies flowers foes forlorn gale gentle gleam glittering gloom glory glow Gothic grace groves hail hares heart heaven hope Indolence Lapland light lone lore lyre Macbeth mind MINSTREL mirth Mope morn mortal mountains mourn Muse Nature's ne'er o'er pangs peace POEMS pride PROGRESS OF GENIUS pursue pygmy rage rapture rills roam roam'd rolls Scaped scene seem'd serene shade sing smile song sooth soul spleen sprightly spring sting storm strain sublime sweet tale tear tempests thee thine thou toil trembling truth tumult Twas vale virtue voice wander warbling wave weary wild wind wings woes woodbine yonder youth
Pasajes populares
Página 7 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...
Página 120 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away ; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks on the traveller, faint, and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See Truth, Love, and Mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And Beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
Página 3 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Página 13 - In truth he was a strange and wayward wight, Fond of each gentle, and each dreadful scene. In darkness, and in storm, he found delight : Nor less, than when on...
Página 71 - WHEN in the crimson cloud of even The lingering light decays, And Hesper on the front of heaven His glittering gem displays ; Deep in the silent vale, unseen, Beside a lulling stream, A pensive youth of placid mien Indulged this tender theme : " Ye cliffs, in hoary grandeur piled High o'er the glimmering dale ; Ye woods, along whose windings wild Murmurs the solemn gale...
Página 20 - O to thy cursed scream, discordant still, Let Harmony aye shut her gentle ear ! Thy boastful mirth let jealous rivals spill, Insult thy crest, and glossy pinions tear, And ever in thy dreams the ruthless fox appear ! XXXVII.
Página 9 - An honest heart was almost all his stock : His drink the living water from the rock : The milky dams supplied his board, and lent Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, wheresoe'er. they went.
Página 11 - Dainties he heeded not, nor gaude, nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy : Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad ; And now he laugh'd aloud, yet none knew why. The neighbours stared and sigh'd, yet bless'd the lad ; Some deem'd him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.
Página 16 - And be it so. Let those deplore their doom, Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn : But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb, Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn. Shall Spring to these sad scenes no more return? Is yonder wave the Sun's eternal bed ? Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn, And Spring shall soon her vital influence shed, Again attune the grove, again adorn the mead.
Página 27 - Nor check'd the tender tear to Misery given; From Guilt's contagious power shall that protect, This soften and refine the soul for Heaven. But dreadful is their doom, whom doubt has driven To censure Fate, and pious Hope forego: Like yonder blasted boughs by lightning riven, Perfection, beauty, life, they never know, But frown on all that pass, a monument of woe.