The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 88
Page 38
... ev'ry Soil , Made ev'ry Region please ; The hoary Alpine Hills it warm'd , And smooth'd the Tyrrhene Seas : Think , O my Soul , devoutly think , How with affrighted Eyes Thou saw'st the wide extended Deep In all its Horrors rise ...
... ev'ry Soil , Made ev'ry Region please ; The hoary Alpine Hills it warm'd , And smooth'd the Tyrrhene Seas : Think , O my Soul , devoutly think , How with affrighted Eyes Thou saw'st the wide extended Deep In all its Horrors rise ...
Page 96
... ev'ry word a reputation dies . Snuff , or the fan , supply each pause of chat , With singing , laughing , ogling , and all that . Mean while declining from the noon of day , The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray ; The hungry Judges ...
... ev'ry word a reputation dies . Snuff , or the fan , supply each pause of chat , With singing , laughing , ogling , and all that . Mean while declining from the noon of day , The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray ; The hungry Judges ...
Page 136
... ev'ry Bavius have his Bufo still ! So , when a Statesman wants a Day's defence , Or Envy holds a whole Week's war with Sense , Or simple Pride for Flatt'ry makes demands , May dunce by dunce be whistled off my hands ! Blest be the Great ...
... ev'ry Bavius have his Bufo still ! So , when a Statesman wants a Day's defence , Or Envy holds a whole Week's war with Sense , Or simple Pride for Flatt'ry makes demands , May dunce by dunce be whistled off my hands ! Blest be the Great ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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