The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 144
... beneath the Tempest bends , And in a spangled Show'r the Prospect ends . Or if a Southern Gale the Region warm , And by Degrees unbind the Wintry Charm ; The Traveller a miry Country sees , And Journeys sad beneath the dropping Trees ...
... beneath the Tempest bends , And in a spangled Show'r the Prospect ends . Or if a Southern Gale the Region warm , And by Degrees unbind the Wintry Charm ; The Traveller a miry Country sees , And Journeys sad beneath the dropping Trees ...
Page 346
... Beneath thy ling'ring light ; While sallow Autumn fills thy lap with leaves ; Or Winter yelling thro ' the troublous air , Affrights thy shrinking train , And rudely rends thy robes ; So long , sure - found beneath the Sylvan shed ...
... Beneath thy ling'ring light ; While sallow Autumn fills thy lap with leaves ; Or Winter yelling thro ' the troublous air , Affrights thy shrinking train , And rudely rends thy robes ; So long , sure - found beneath the Sylvan shed ...
Page 399
... Beneath his ivy bow'r . With joy I hear the solemn sound , Which midnight echoes waft around , And sighing gales repeat . Fav'rite of PALLAS ! I attend , And , faithful to thy summons , bend At WISDOM's aweful seat . She loves the cool ...
... Beneath his ivy bow'r . With joy I hear the solemn sound , Which midnight echoes waft around , And sighing gales repeat . Fav'rite of PALLAS ! I attend , And , faithful to thy summons , bend At WISDOM's aweful seat . She loves the cool ...
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auld lang syne beauty beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath busk charms chearful Cumnor dear Death delight divine dydd e'er Ev'n ev'ry eyes fair Fame Fancy Fate fear flowers frae Glory grace grave green Grongar Hill grove hand happy hear heart Heart of Oak Heav'n hill hour King live Lord lov'd lyre maid maun mind morning mourn Muse Nature's ne'er never night numbers Nymph o'er Olney Hymns pain Passion peace Pity plain pleas'd pleasure Poems poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene Scots Musical Museum shade shine sigh sing smile soft Song Sonnet sorrow soul Spring strain stream swain sweet tears tell thee thine thou thought thro toil Twas vale verse Virtue voice wave wawking weep wild wind wings wyfe wyllowe Yarrow ynne youth