A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes, Volume 2Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1755 - English poetry |
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... She ftrove its fondeft wishes to obtain , Confirm her pow'r , and fafter bind my chain , If on the green we danc'd a mirthful band , To me alone she gave her willing hand ; Her partial taste , if e'er I touch'd the lyre , Still in my ...
... She ftrove its fondeft wishes to obtain , Confirm her pow'r , and fafter bind my chain , If on the green we danc'd a mirthful band , To me alone she gave her willing hand ; Her partial taste , if e'er I touch'd the lyre , Still in my ...
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... she appear'd , on that auspicious day , When fwains their sportive rites to Bacchus pay : She led the dance - heav'ns ! with what grace she mov'd ! Who cou'd have seen her then , and not have lov'd ? I ftrove not to resist so sweet a ...
... she appear'd , on that auspicious day , When fwains their sportive rites to Bacchus pay : She led the dance - heav'ns ! with what grace she mov'd ! Who cou'd have seen her then , and not have lov'd ? I ftrove not to resist so sweet a ...
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... She meditates on the forfaken town : On her rais'd arm reclin'd her drooping head , She figh'd , and thus in plaintive accents faid : " Ah , what avails it to be young and fair , " To move with negligence , to dress with care ? " What ...
... She meditates on the forfaken town : On her rais'd arm reclin'd her drooping head , She figh'd , and thus in plaintive accents faid : " Ah , what avails it to be young and fair , " To move with negligence , to dress with care ? " What ...
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... She funk beneath a mitigated doom , The Slave and Tut'refs of protecting Rome ? Does calm Philosophy her aid impart , To guide the paffions , and to mend the heart ? Taught by her precepts , haft thou learnt the end To which alone the ...
... She funk beneath a mitigated doom , The Slave and Tut'refs of protecting Rome ? Does calm Philosophy her aid impart , To guide the paffions , and to mend the heart ? Taught by her precepts , haft thou learnt the end To which alone the ...
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... she , or thy retreat shall share , Sweeten tranquillity , or foften care : Her fmiles the tafte of ev'ry joy fhall raise , And add new pleasure to renown and praise ; Till charm'd you own the truth my verse would That Happiness is near ...
... she , or thy retreat shall share , Sweeten tranquillity , or foften care : Her fmiles the tafte of ev'ry joy fhall raise , And add new pleasure to renown and praise ; Till charm'd you own the truth my verse would That Happiness is near ...
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Page 268 - Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Page 272 - 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 45 - Seek to be good, but aim not to be great: A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.
Page 270 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo, Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th
Page 276 - 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 270 - Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah ! why should they know their fate ? Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies. Thought would destroy their paradise. No more ; where ignorance is bliss, 'Tis folly to be wise.
Page 267 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 39 - To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre, If high exalted on the Throne of Wit, Near Me and Homer thou afpire to...
Page 75 - E'en for the kid or lamb that pour'd its life Beneath the bloody knife, Her gentle tears would fall, Tears from sweet virtue's source, benevolent to all.
Page 81 - Though meek, magnanimous; though witty, wise; Polite, as all her life in courts had been ; Yet good, as she the world had never seen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentle female tenderness combin'd.