A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 6For R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall, 1763 - 336 pages |
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Page 6
... delighted ; and the path With living verdure clothes . Around your haunts The laughing Chloris , with profufeft hand , Throws wide her blooms , her odaurs . Still with you Pomona feeks to dwell : and o'er the lawns , And o'er the vale ...
... delighted ; and the path With living verdure clothes . Around your haunts The laughing Chloris , with profufeft hand , Throws wide her blooms , her odaurs . Still with you Pomona feeks to dwell : and o'er the lawns , And o'er the vale ...
Page 7
... Delighted ; and your piety applauds ; And bids his copious tide roll on fecure , For faithful are his daughters ; and with words Aufpicious gratulates the bark which , now His banks forfaking , her adventurous wings Yields to the breeze ...
... Delighted ; and your piety applauds ; And bids his copious tide roll on fecure , For faithful are his daughters ; and with words Aufpicious gratulates the bark which , now His banks forfaking , her adventurous wings Yields to the breeze ...
Page 13
... delight , Looks down on all that live ; and whatsoe'er He loves not , o'er the peopled earth and o'er The interminated ocean , he beholds Curs'd with abhorrence by his doom severe , And troubled at the found . Ye , Naiads , ye With ...
... delight , Looks down on all that live ; and whatsoe'er He loves not , o'er the peopled earth and o'er The interminated ocean , he beholds Curs'd with abhorrence by his doom severe , And troubled at the found . Ye , Naiads , ye With ...
Page 57
... , whofe lefs diftinguished sphere Now cheers in private the delighted eye , For calm Content , and smiling Ease are there , And , Heav'n's divineft gift , fweet Liberty . Happy Happy for me , on life's ferener flood Who fail [ 57 ]
... , whofe lefs diftinguished sphere Now cheers in private the delighted eye , For calm Content , and smiling Ease are there , And , Heav'n's divineft gift , fweet Liberty . Happy Happy for me , on life's ferener flood Who fail [ 57 ]
Page 61
... delights foon pall upon the taste ; Let's try then if more serious cannot last : Wealth let us heap on wealth , or fame purfue , Let pow'r and glory be our points in view ; } } In In courts , in camps , in fenates let us [ 61 ]
... delights foon pall upon the taste ; Let's try then if more serious cannot last : Wealth let us heap on wealth , or fame purfue , Let pow'r and glory be our points in view ; } } In In courts , in camps , in fenates let us [ 61 ]
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bard beauty behold beneath beſt bleffings bleft bofom breaſt charms Chlorinda cou'd diftant eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fage fair fame fate fcene feat fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhould figh fight filent fince firft firſt flow'rs fmile foft folar folemn fome fong fons foul freſh ftands ftate ftill ftream fuch fure fweet fwell genius glory goddeſs grace grove guife hand heart heav'n himſelf laſt Latian lefs loft lyre mind moſt Mufe muft muſt Naiads ne'er numbers Nymphs o'er paffion peace plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe purſue raiſe reaſon reft rife rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſky ſmile ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſpread ſprings ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſweet taſk taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil vale virtue Whilft whofe Whoſe wife wings worfe wou'd youth