A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands: With NotesJ. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... Muses paid , And all things mourn'd but the relentless maid . Would I could die like him , and be at peace ! These torments in the quiet grave would ceafe ; There my vex'd thoughts a calm repofe would find , And rest as if my Delia ...
... Muses paid , And all things mourn'd but the relentless maid . Would I could die like him , and be at peace ! These torments in the quiet grave would ceafe ; There my vex'd thoughts a calm repofe would find , And rest as if my Delia ...
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... Muse Obtain her fav'rites But the noble pile ( My theme ) demands my voice - O fhade ador'd , MARLB'ROUGH ! who now above the ftarry fphere Dwell'ft in the palaces of heav'n , enthron'd Amongst the demi - gods , deign to defend This thy ...
... Muse Obtain her fav'rites But the noble pile ( My theme ) demands my voice - O fhade ador'd , MARLB'ROUGH ! who now above the ftarry fphere Dwell'ft in the palaces of heav'n , enthron'd Amongst the demi - gods , deign to defend This thy ...
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... Muses string , For him in lays unbought fpontaneous fing ; Friendship and Truth on all his moments wait , Pleas'd with Retirement better than with State ; And round the bow'r where humbly great he lies , Fair olives bloom , or verdant ...
... Muses string , For him in lays unbought fpontaneous fing ; Friendship and Truth on all his moments wait , Pleas'd with Retirement better than with State ; And round the bow'r where humbly great he lies , Fair olives bloom , or verdant ...
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... Muse my bofom glow'd , Crown'd with eternal bays my ravish'd eyes Beheld the poet's awful form arife ; Stranger , he faid , whofe pious hand has paid These grateful rites to my attentive shade , When thou shalt breathe thy happy native ...
... Muse my bofom glow'd , Crown'd with eternal bays my ravish'd eyes Beheld the poet's awful form arife ; Stranger , he faid , whofe pious hand has paid These grateful rites to my attentive shade , When thou shalt breathe thy happy native ...
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... Muses , when relentless Fate From these fond arms your fair disciple tore , From these fond arms that vainly ftrove With hapless ineffectual Love To guard her bofom from the mortal blow ? Could not your fav'ring pow'r , Aonian maids ...
... Muses , when relentless Fate From these fond arms your fair disciple tore , From these fond arms that vainly ftrove With hapless ineffectual Love To guard her bofom from the mortal blow ? Could not your fav'ring pow'r , Aonian maids ...
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ARCHIMAGO bards Bavius bleft blifs blissful band boaſt bofom breaft caufe cauſe charms court defire Delia delight diftant Druids eaſe Edward EPIGRAM erft Ev'n eyes facred fage fair falfe fame fatire fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhould fing firſt flame flave flow'ry fmiling foft fome fond fong foon footh form'd foul fov'reign fpirit fpreads fpring ftate ftill ftream fuch fure fweet GARTER gen'rous glorious glory grace happineſs heart heav'n heav'nly himſelf honour immortal infpire juft juftice king lefs liberty loft Lord lov'd lyre mind Mufe muft muſt nature's o'er paffion pain pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride prince rage raiſe reafon reft rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſmile SONNET ſpoils ſtate ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou throne toils train truth uſe vex'd virtue virtue's whofe whoſe wife wiſdom
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Page 75 - In vain I look around O'er all the well-known ground, My Lucy's wonted footsteps to descry ; Where oft we us'd to walk, Where oft in tender talk We saw the summer Sun go down the sky...
Page 280 - 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 48 - 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 286 - 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 280 - 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 281 - Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear, Disclose the long-expecting flowers And wake the purple year! The attic warbler pours her throat Responsive to the cuckoo's note, The untaught harmony of Spring: While, whispering pleasure as they fly, Cool Zephyrs thro' the clear blue sky Their gather'd fragrance fling.
Page 32 - A nation here I pity and admire, Whom noblest sentiments of glory fire, Yet taught, by custom's force, and bigot fear, To serve with pride, and boast the yoke they bear : Whose nobles, born to cringe and to command...
Page 83 - O best of wives ! O dearer far to me Than when thy virgin charms Were yielded to my arms, How can my soul endure the loss of thee?
Page 280 - A grisly troop are seen, The painful family of Death, More hideous than their Queen: This racks the joints, this fires the veins, That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo!
Page 278 - 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.