A Miscellaneous Collection of Poems, Songs and Epigrams, Volumes 1-2T Mosse A. Rhames, 1721 - English poetry |
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... Pain by indulging his own ill - natur'd Pleafure , but I will refer the whole Spe- cies to thofe two Lines of Martial in the Title Page of the Second Volume . Many of the Pieces are entirely Origi- nal , and the rest are fuch as were ...
... Pain by indulging his own ill - natur'd Pleafure , but I will refer the whole Spe- cies to thofe two Lines of Martial in the Title Page of the Second Volume . Many of the Pieces are entirely Origi- nal , and the rest are fuch as were ...
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... Pain , Efq ; Mr. Ed . Parkin . John Parnel , Efq ; Doctor Upton Peacock . The Honourable Major General , Thomas Pearce . Colonel Matthew Pennefather . The Honourable Philip Percival , Efq ; Doctor John Plomer . Captain Brook Plukenet ...
... Pain , Efq ; Mr. Ed . Parkin . John Parnel , Efq ; Doctor Upton Peacock . The Honourable Major General , Thomas Pearce . Colonel Matthew Pennefather . The Honourable Philip Percival , Efq ; Doctor John Plomer . Captain Brook Plukenet ...
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... Pains , To me , the meaneft of your Tribe belongs , To show the HERO worthy of your Songs : For nobler Pens I leave the great Design , and young . Those who cou'd fing great William on the Boyn , May find a Subject here , which can ev ...
... Pains , To me , the meaneft of your Tribe belongs , To show the HERO worthy of your Songs : For nobler Pens I leave the great Design , and young . Those who cou'd fing great William on the Boyn , May find a Subject here , which can ev ...
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... Pains , To me , the meaneft of your Tribe belongs , To show the HERO worthy of your Songs : For nobler Pens I leave the great Design , young . Those who cou'd fing great William on the Boyn , May find a Subject here , which can ev'n ...
... Pains , To me , the meaneft of your Tribe belongs , To show the HERO worthy of your Songs : For nobler Pens I leave the great Design , young . Those who cou'd fing great William on the Boyn , May find a Subject here , which can ev'n ...
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... Pains , And add a Brightness to my languid Strains . But stop , my Muse , the Flight too high I see : Thou ne'er Pretences mad❜st to Extasy . Enough , if humble , thou can't rightly fing The joyful Paffage of the glorious KING : Which ...
... Pains , And add a Brightness to my languid Strains . But stop , my Muse , the Flight too high I see : Thou ne'er Pretences mad❜st to Extasy . Enough , if humble , thou can't rightly fing The joyful Paffage of the glorious KING : Which ...
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Arms Beauty Bleffings bleft boaft boaſt Breaſt bright Caufe Cauſe Charms Conqueft cry'd curfe e'er Eaſe Ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fafely faid Fair falfe Fame Fate fear fecret feen felf fhall fhew fhine fhould filent filly fing firſt Foes foft fome foon form'd freſh Friends ftand ftill fuch fure fweet Grace happy Heart Heav'n heav'nly himſelf Hirco honeft Honour Jove juft Kifs KING laft laſt lefs loft Lord lov'd Love Lyre Magick Maid Marble live MATTHEW PRIOR moſt mournful Mufe Mufick muft Muſe muſt ne'er Numbers Nymph o'er Ovid Paffion Pain pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Poet Pow'r Praiſe Pride raiſe Reft rife ſee Senfe ſhall ſhe SONG Soul ſpread ſtill Swain thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou Thoughts thouſand thro trembling twas Verfe Vex'd Whigs Whilft Whofe Wife Winds Wiſh WOMAN Youth
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Page 23 - Oh ! where shall I my true love find ? Tell me, ye jovial sailors, tell me true, Does my sweet William sail among the crew ?" William, who high upon the yard, Rock'd with the billows to and fro, Soon as her well-known voice he heard, He sigh'd, and cast his eyes below.
Page 196 - Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend ; This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 33 - That wave and glitter in the distant sun. When, if a sudden gust of wind arise, The brittle forest into atoms flies: The crackling wood beneath the tempest bends, And in a spangled...
Page 196 - Nor ruin make oppressors great; Who God doth late and early pray More of His grace than gifts to lend ; And entertains the harmless day With a religious book or friend.
Page 4 - But now she is gone, and has left me behind, What a marvellous change on a sudden I find ! When things were as fine as could possibly be, I thought 'twas the Spring; but alas ! it was she.
Page 6 - Come hither, poor fellow,' and patted his head. . But now, when he's fawning, I with a sour look, Cry. 'Sirrah!' and give him a blow with my crook: And I'll give him another; for why should not Tray Be as dull as his master, when Phebe's away ? When walking with Phebe, what sights have I seen!
Page 84 - Crcefus a flave (Tho' a king) to his coffers of gold ; He delighted in plentiful bowls ; But drinking much talk would decline, Becaufe 'twas the cuftom of fools To prattle much over their wine. Old Socrates ne'er was content, Till a bottle had heighten'd his joys, Who in's cups to the oracle went...
Page 35 - Strephon, choose a mate. From too exalted, or too mean a state ; For in both these we may expect to find A creeping spirit, or a haughty mind. Who moves within the middle region, shares The least disquiets, and the smallest cares.
Page 32 - The vast Leviathan wants room to play, And spout his waters in the face of day. The starving wolves along the main sea prowl, And to the moon in icy valleys howl.
Page 32 - Or winds begun through hazy skies to blow, At evening a keen eastern breeze arose, And the descending rain unsullied froze.