The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 71804 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 3
... fuch as courts require , We'll try to keep the reader warm , And fift the matter from the form . Virtue and focial love , he said , And honour from the land were fled ; That patriots now , like other folks , Were made the but of vulgar ...
... fuch as courts require , We'll try to keep the reader warm , And fift the matter from the form . Virtue and focial love , he said , And honour from the land were fled ; That patriots now , like other folks , Were made the but of vulgar ...
Page 6
... fuch As either knew nothing or something too much- In short as they pass'd , the to all had objections ; The gay wanted thought , the good - humour'd affec- tions , The prudent were ugly , the fenfible dirty , When Fortune faw this fhe ...
... fuch As either knew nothing or something too much- In short as they pass'd , the to all had objections ; The gay wanted thought , the good - humour'd affec- tions , The prudent were ugly , the fenfible dirty , When Fortune faw this fhe ...
Page 8
... fuch a fort , That though he knew no reason for't , Would make a man of fenfe run mád , And rifle him of all he had ; And that she'd rob the whole community , If ever the had opportunity . The pris'ner now first filence broke , And ...
... fuch a fort , That though he knew no reason for't , Would make a man of fenfe run mád , And rifle him of all he had ; And that she'd rob the whole community , If ever the had opportunity . The pris'ner now first filence broke , And ...
Page 13
... fuch , of glitt'ring jewels proud , Still prefs the foremost in the crowd , At every public show are seen , With look awry , and aukward mien , The gaudy drefs attracts the eye , And magnifies deformity . Nature may under - do her part ...
... fuch , of glitt'ring jewels proud , Still prefs the foremost in the crowd , At every public show are seen , With look awry , and aukward mien , The gaudy drefs attracts the eye , And magnifies deformity . Nature may under - do her part ...
Page 15
... fuch beauties on the fight ? Yet folly is it to declare , That these are neither sweet , nor fair . The crystal shines with fainter rays , Before the di'mond's brighter blaze ; And fops will fay , the di'mond dies , Before the luftre of ...
... fuch beauties on the fight ? Yet folly is it to declare , That these are neither sweet , nor fair . The crystal shines with fainter rays , Before the di'mond's brighter blaze ; And fops will fay , the di'mond dies , Before the luftre of ...
Common terms and phrases
Amyntor beauty behold beneath bleft blifs bloom bofom breaft charms defire diftant DIONE ECLOGUE erft ev'n eyes FABLE facred fafe faid fair fame fate fcene fcorn fecret feek feen fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhore fhould fide figh fing fire firft fkies flain flame fleep fmile foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpread fpring ftill ftream fuch fure fwain fweet fwell grace grove guife hand heart heaven honour hour juft laft lefs loft lov'd LYCIDAS lyre maid mind Mufe muft muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er paffion pain PARTHENIA plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe pride rage reafon reft rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſky ſtate ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou toil tongue train Twas vale vex'd virtue whofe whoſe youth
Popular passages
Page 278 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 276 - 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 281 - This pencil take (she said), whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine too these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of joy ; Of horror that...
Page 60 - Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
Page 278 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude Forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Page 279 - 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 278 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds : Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the Moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Page 282 - 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...
Page 278 - To thee he gave the heavenly birth, And bade to form her infant mind. Stern rugged Nurse ! thy rigid lore With patience many a year she bore : What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learn'd to melt at others
Page 68 - The royal lover bore her from the plain ; Yet still her crook and bleating flock remain: Oft, as she went, she backward turn'd her view, And bade that crook and bleating flock adieu. Fair, happy maid ! to other...