PoemsJ. Murray, 1786 - 178 pages |
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Page xxxviii
... eye : Thus the tall oaks , when boift'rous forms affails Torn from the earth , a mighty ruin lye . Ye facred fifters of the plaintive verse , Now let the stream of fond affection flow O pay your tribute o'er the flow - drawn herfe With ...
... eye : Thus the tall oaks , when boift'rous forms affails Torn from the earth , a mighty ruin lye . Ye facred fifters of the plaintive verse , Now let the stream of fond affection flow O pay your tribute o'er the flow - drawn herfe With ...
Page xxxviii
... eye : Thus the tall oaks , when boift'rous forms affail , Torn from the earth , a mighty nuin lye ... ? Ye sacred sisters of the plaintive verse , Now let the stream of fond affection flow ; pay your tribute o'er the flow - drawn herfe ...
... eye : Thus the tall oaks , when boift'rous forms affail , Torn from the earth , a mighty nuin lye ... ? Ye sacred sisters of the plaintive verse , Now let the stream of fond affection flow ; pay your tribute o'er the flow - drawn herfe ...
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... eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro ' life's little day , In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brush'd by the hand of rough ...
... eye Such is the race of man : And they that creep , and they that fly , Shall end where they began . Alike the busy and the gay But flutter thro ' life's little day , In Fortune's varying colours dreft : Brush'd by the hand of rough ...
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... eyes , She faw ; and purr'd applause . Still had fhe gaz'd ; but ' midft the tide Two angel forms were feen to glide , The Genii of the ftream : Their fcaly armour's Tyrian hue , Thro ' richest purple to the view Betray'd a golden gleam ...
... eyes , She faw ; and purr'd applause . Still had fhe gaz'd ; but ' midft the tide Two angel forms were feen to glide , The Genii of the ftream : Their fcaly armour's Tyrian hue , Thro ' richest purple to the view Betray'd a golden gleam ...
Page 51
... 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 Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes , And heedless OF A FAVOURITE CAT . SI.
... 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 Not all that tempts your wand'ring eyes , And heedless OF A FAVOURITE CAT . SI.
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Page 156 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 155 - 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 45 - 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 57 - 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 157 - Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A "Youth to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 153 - Some village-Hampden, that with dauntlefs breaft The little Tyrant of his fields withftood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may reft, Some Cromwell guiltlefs of his country's blood.. Th' applaufe of lift'ning fenates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their...
Page 91 - 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 96 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the Poet stood ; Loose his beard, and hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air And, with a Master's hand, and Prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.
Page 44 - O'er-canopies the glade, Beside some water's rushy brink With me the Muse shall sit, and think (At ease reclined in rustic state) How vain the ardour of the Crowd, How low, how little are the Proud, How indigent the Great ! Still is the toiling hand of Care ; The panting herds repose : Yet hark, how thro...
Page 98 - 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...