Poems by Mr. GrayWilliam Sleater, 1768 - 187 pages |
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... harmony of Spring : While whisp'ring pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear , blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling , Where'er the oak's thick branches ftretch A broader , browner fhade ; Where'er the rude and mofs ...
... harmony of Spring : While whisp'ring pleasure as they fly , Cool Zephyrs thro ' the clear , blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling , Where'er the oak's thick branches ftretch A broader , browner fhade ; Where'er the rude and mofs ...
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... pomp of diction and luxuriant harmony of numbers ; and its more rapid and irresistible course , when fwoln and hurried away by the conflict of tumul- tuous paffions . I. 2 . Oh ! Sovereign of the willing foul 58 THE PROGRESS OF POESY ,
... pomp of diction and luxuriant harmony of numbers ; and its more rapid and irresistible course , when fwoln and hurried away by the conflict of tumul- tuous paffions . I. 2 . Oh ! Sovereign of the willing foul 58 THE PROGRESS OF POESY ,
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... harmony to calm the turbulent fal- lies of the foul . The thoughts are borrowed from the first Pythian Ode of Pindar . + This is a weak imitation of fome incompar- able lines in the fame Ode . I. 3 . Thee the voice , the dance , D 2 A ...
... harmony to calm the turbulent fal- lies of the foul . The thoughts are borrowed from the first Pythian Ode of Pindar . + This is a weak imitation of fome incompar- able lines in the fame Ode . I. 3 . Thee the voice , the dance , D 2 A ...
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... her easy way : O'er * Power of harmony to produce all the graces of motion in the body . + Μαρμαρυγὰς θηεῖτο ποδῶν · θαύμαζε δὲ θυμῶ . Homer , Od . e . O'er her warm cheek , and rifing bofom , move бо THE PROGRESS OF POESY ,
... her easy way : O'er * Power of harmony to produce all the graces of motion in the body . + Μαρμαρυγὰς θηεῖτο ποδῶν · θαύμαζε δὲ θυμῶ . Homer , Od . e . O'er her warm cheek , and rifing bofom , move бо THE PROGRESS OF POESY ,
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... harmony , for fuch a task . That of Pope is not worthy of fo great a man . Mr. Mafon indeed of late days has touched the true chords , and with a masterly hand , in fome of his Choru fes - above all , in the laft of Caractacus , Hark ...
... harmony , for fuch a task . That of Pope is not worthy of fo great a man . Mr. Mafon indeed of late days has touched the true chords , and with a masterly hand , in fome of his Choru fes - above all , in the laft of Caractacus , Hark ...
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Page 65 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Page 61 - Man's feeble race what ills await ! . Labour, and Penury, the racks of Pain, Disease, and Sorrow's weeping train, And Death, sad refuge from the storms of fate ! The fond complaint, my song, disprove, And justify the laws of Jove.
Page 102 - Hoarse he bays with hideous din, Eyes that glow, and fangs that grin ; And long pursues, with fruitless yell, The father of the powerful spell.
Page 52 - 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...
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Page 68 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate, Beneath the good how far ! — but far above the...
Page 22 - Eight times emerging from the flood She mew'd to ev'ry watry God, Some speedy aid to send. No Dolphin came, no Nereid stirr'd: Nor cruel Tom, nor Susan heard. A Fav'rite has no friend! From hence, ye Beauties, undeceiv'd, Know, one false step is ne'er retriev'd, And be with caution bold. Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes And heedless hearts, is lawful prize; Nor all, that glisters, gold.
Page 147 - 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 137 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Page 145 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...