The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 71804 |
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... court was met ; the pris'ner brought ; The counsel with inftructions fraught ; And evidence prepar'd at large , On oath , to vindicate the charge . But first ' tis meet , where form denies Poetic helps of fancy'd lies , Gay metaphors ...
... court was met ; the pris'ner brought ; The counsel with inftructions fraught ; And evidence prepar'd at large , On oath , to vindicate the charge . But first ' tis meet , where form denies Poetic helps of fancy'd lies , Gay metaphors ...
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... court . The pris'ner faid in his defence , That he indeed had small pretence To foften facts fo deeply fworn , But would for his offences mourn ; Yet more he hop'd than bare repentance Might ftill be urg'd to ward the sentence . That he ...
... court . The pris'ner faid in his defence , That he indeed had small pretence To foften facts fo deeply fworn , But would for his offences mourn ; Yet more he hop'd than bare repentance Might ftill be urg'd to ward the sentence . That he ...
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... court ordains : " That you return from whence you came , " There to be ftript of all your fame " By vulgar hands ; That once a week " Old - England pinch you till you squeak ; " That ribbald Pamphlets do pursue you , " And lies and ...
... court ordains : " That you return from whence you came , " There to be ftript of all your fame " By vulgar hands ; That once a week " Old - England pinch you till you squeak ; " That ribbald Pamphlets do pursue you , " And lies and ...
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... court , The lady was discover'd foon , And thus it was . One afternoon , The ninth of July laft , or near it , ( As to the day , he could not fwear it ) In company at Mrs. P.'s , Where folks fay any thing they please ; Dean L. and lady ...
... court , The lady was discover'd foon , And thus it was . One afternoon , The ninth of July laft , or near it , ( As to the day , he could not fwear it ) In company at Mrs. P.'s , Where folks fay any thing they please ; Dean L. and lady ...
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... court would think She never was inclin'd to drink , Or fuffer hands like his to daub her , or Encourage men to kiss ... court's difcerning Would pay fome honour to her learning , For every day from four to past fix , She went up - stairs ...
... court would think She never was inclin'd to drink , Or fuffer hands like his to daub her , or Encourage men to kiss ... court's difcerning Would pay fome honour to her learning , For every day from four to past fix , She went up - stairs ...
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Page 278 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 276 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Page 281 - 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...
Page 60 - Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
Page 278 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 279 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noon-tide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 278 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Page 282 - Far, far aloof th' affrighted ravens sail ; The famish'd eagle screams, and passes by. Dear lost companions of my tuneful art, Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes, Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a...
Page 278 - To thee he gave the heavenly birth, And bade to form her infant mind. Stern rugged Nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learn'd to melt at others
Page 68 - The royal lover bore her from the plain ; Yet still her crook and bleating flock remain: Oft, as she went, she backward turn'd her view, And bade that crook and bleating flock adieu. Fair, happy maid ! to other...