The poetical works of James Thomson, James Beattie, Gilbert West and John BampfyldeRoutledge, 1881 - 436 pages |
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Page viii
... turn his views towards London , where works of genius may always expect a candid reception and due encouragement ; and an accident soon after entirely deter- mined him to try his fortune there . The divinity chair at Edinburgh was then ...
... turn his views towards London , where works of genius may always expect a candid reception and due encouragement ; and an accident soon after entirely deter- mined him to try his fortune there . The divinity chair at Edinburgh was then ...
Page ix
... turning to Mr. Thomson , he told him , smiling , that if he thought of being useful in the ministry , he must keep a stricter rein upon his imagination , and express himself in language more intelligible to an ordinary congregation ...
... turning to Mr. Thomson , he told him , smiling , that if he thought of being useful in the ministry , he must keep a stricter rein upon his imagination , and express himself in language more intelligible to an ordinary congregation ...
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... turn the many - twinkling leaves Of aspen tall . The ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glassy breadth , seem through delusive lapse Forgetful of their course . ' Tis silence all , And pleasing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
... turn the many - twinkling leaves Of aspen tall . The ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glassy breadth , seem through delusive lapse Forgetful of their course . ' Tis silence all , And pleasing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
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... turn to the rural seat , Whose lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In ... turns the changeful neck . While thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of ...
... turn to the rural seat , Whose lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In ... turns the changeful neck . While thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of ...
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... Turns in black eddies round : such is the force With which his frantic heart and sinews swell . 815 820 Nor undelighted by the boundless Spring Are the broad monsters of the foaming deep : From the deep ooze and gelid cavern rous'd ...
... Turns in black eddies round : such is the force With which his frantic heart and sinews swell . 815 820 Nor undelighted by the boundless Spring Are the broad monsters of the foaming deep : From the deep ooze and gelid cavern rous'd ...
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amid arts beam beauty behold beneath blaze bliss bloom bosom breast breath bright Britons brow charms clouds dark deep delight dread E'en earth ethereal fair fame Fancy fate fierce fire flame flood flowers gale genius gentle GILBERT WEST gloom glory glow grace Greece grove happy heart Heaven hills JAMES BEATTIE join'd labour land Liberty light lonely lyre MASQUE OF ALFRED matchless mind mingled mix'd mountains Muse Musidora Nature Nature's night nought o'er passions peace plain poison'd pomp pour'd pride rage rapture reign rills rise RIVER TEIGN Rome round sacred scene shade shine shore silvan sing smile soft song soul Southdean spread Spring storm stream sublime swain sweet swell tear tempest tender thee thine thou thunder toil train trembling truth tyrant vale vex'd virtue voice waste wave ween whence wild winds wing youth
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Page 162 - I care not,' Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face ; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve. Let, health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great Children leave : Of Fancy, Reason, Virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 3 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war ; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Page 140 - tis nought to me : Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes there must be joy.
Page 30 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 138 - Works in the secret deep, shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring ; Flings from the sun direct the flaming day ; Feeds every creature, hurls the tempest forth, And, as on earth this grateful change revolves, With transport touches all the springs of life.
Page 139 - As home he goes beneath the joyous moon. Ye that keep watch in heaven, as earth asleep Unconscious lies, effuse your mildest beams, Ye constellations, while your angels strike, Amid the spangled sky, the silver lyre.
Page 119 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 67 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Page 143 - While o'er th' enfeebling lute his hand he flung, And to the trembling chords these tempting verses sung: 'Behold, ye pilgrims of this earth, behold! See all but man with unearned pleasure gay ! See her bright robes the butterfly unfold, Broke from her wintry tomb in prime of May. What youthful bride can equal her array? Who can with her for easy pleasure vie? From mead to mead with gentle wing to stray, From flower to flower on balmy gales to fly, Is all she has to do beneath the radiant sky.
Page 177 - Into your quicken'd limbs her buoyant breath ! Who does not act is dead ; absorpt entire In miry sloth, no pride, no joy he hath : O leaden-hearted men, to be in love with death ! "^Ah ! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven, When drooping health and spirits go amiss } How tasteless then whatever can be given ? Health is the vital principle of bliss, And exercise of health.