A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 4Robert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1782 - English poetry |
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... fate : Hark ! how the facred Calm , that breathes around , Bids every fierce tumultuous paffion ceafe ; In still small accents whifpering from the ground A grateful earneft of eternal peace . No more , with reason and thyself at strife ...
... fate : Hark ! how the facred Calm , that breathes around , Bids every fierce tumultuous paffion ceafe ; In still small accents whifpering from the ground A grateful earneft of eternal peace . No more , with reason and thyself at strife ...
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... fate , Haply fome hoary - headed fwain may say , ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn • Brushing with hafty steps the dews away , ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawne . • There " does not deftroy the appearance of quaintnefs in ...
... fate , Haply fome hoary - headed fwain may say , ' Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn • Brushing with hafty steps the dews away , ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawne . • There " does not deftroy the appearance of quaintnefs in ...
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... fate , In features various , as unlike in mind : Alfe boasted they themfelves of heav'nly kind , And to the sweet Parnaffian Nymphs allied ; Thence round their brows the Delphic bay they twin'd , And , matching with high names their ...
... fate , In features various , as unlike in mind : Alfe boasted they themfelves of heav'nly kind , And to the sweet Parnaffian Nymphs allied ; Thence round their brows the Delphic bay they twin'd , And , matching with high names their ...
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... Fate , fome former HANMER join'd Each beauteous image of the boundless mind : And bade , like thee , his Athens ever claim A fond alliance with the Poet's name . A SONG A SONG FROM SHAKSPEARE's CYMBELINE . Sung by GUIDERUS and [ 77 ] By ...
... Fate , fome former HANMER join'd Each beauteous image of the boundless mind : And bade , like thee , his Athens ever claim A fond alliance with the Poet's name . A SONG A SONG FROM SHAKSPEARE's CYMBELINE . Sung by GUIDERUS and [ 77 ] By ...
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... fate ne'er blown thy dang❜rous flame Beyond the limits of a friend's cold name , I might upon that score thy heart receive , And with that guiltless name my own deceive , That commerce now in vain you recommend , I dread the latent ...
... fate ne'er blown thy dang❜rous flame Beyond the limits of a friend's cold name , I might upon that score thy heart receive , And with that guiltless name my own deceive , That commerce now in vain you recommend , I dread the latent ...
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Page 6 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 160 - LET observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 6 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 169 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Page 269 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Page 271 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Page 8 - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...
Page 373 - To visit some far distant shrine, If he bear but a relique away, Is happy, nor heard to repine. Thus, widely remov'd from the fair, Where my vows, my devotion I owe ; Soft hope is the relique I bear, And my solace wherever I go.
Page 374 - twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
Page 164 - Where'er he turns, he meets a stranger's eye, His suppliants scorn him, and his followers fly; Now drops at once the pride of awful state, The golden canopy, the glitt'ring plate, The regal palace, the luxurious board, 115 The liv'ried army, and the menial lord.