Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue : and with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry |
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... filent fpheres , Works in the fecret deep , fhoots ftreaming thence The fair profufion that o'erfpreads the Spring !. Flings from the fun , direct , the flaming day , Feeds every creature , hurls the tempest forth ; And , as on earth ...
... filent fpheres , Works in the fecret deep , fhoots ftreaming thence The fair profufion that o'erfpreads the Spring !. Flings from the fun , direct , the flaming day , Feeds every creature , hurls the tempest forth ; And , as on earth ...
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... death conducts him to the filent tomb . Turn from this picture of earth's happy man , And let us that of virtue's votaries fcan See merit oft expos'd to envious hate , The frowns 46 SELECT POEMS . On the Immortality of the Soul,
... death conducts him to the filent tomb . Turn from this picture of earth's happy man , And let us that of virtue's votaries fcan See merit oft expos'd to envious hate , The frowns 46 SELECT POEMS . On the Immortality of the Soul,
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... filent heart which grief affails , Treads foft and lonesome o'er the vales , Sees daifies open , rivers run , And feeks ( as I have vainly done ) Amufing thought ; but learns to know That Solitude's the nurfe of woe . No real happiness ...
... filent heart which grief affails , Treads foft and lonesome o'er the vales , Sees daifies open , rivers run , And feeks ( as I have vainly done ) Amufing thought ; but learns to know That Solitude's the nurfe of woe . No real happiness ...
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... filent maid , With leaden eye that loves the ground , Still on thy folemn steps attend ; Warm Charity , the gen'ral friend , With Juftice , to herself fevere , And Pity , dropping foft the fadly - pleafing tear . Oh , gently on thy ...
... filent maid , With leaden eye that loves the ground , Still on thy folemn steps attend ; Warm Charity , the gen'ral friend , With Juftice , to herself fevere , And Pity , dropping foft the fadly - pleafing tear . Oh , gently on thy ...
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... filent eve restore The philofophic temper of the foul ! The fighing gale , whose murmurs lull to reft The bufy tumult of declining day , To fympathetic quiet fooths the breast , And ev'ry wild emotion dies away . Farewel the objects of ...
... filent eve restore The philofophic temper of the foul ! The fighing gale , whose murmurs lull to reft The bufy tumult of declining day , To fympathetic quiet fooths the breast , And ev'ry wild emotion dies away . Farewel the objects of ...
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æther beauty beneath beſtow bids bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath charms cheek clouds DAVID GARRICK defcends deſpair e'er earth eaſe Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek feen fhade fhall fhepherd fhine figh filent filver fing flame fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fwain fweet glories glow grace grove heart Heav'n hour laft luftre lyre mind moffy morn mourn mufe mufic muſt Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions pain Palemon peace pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride refign'd reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand train trembling tuneful vale virtue voice warbling whofe whoſe wings youth