The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 96
... hands sustain a flow'r , Th ' expressive emblem of their softer pow'r ; Four Knaves in garbs succinct , a trusty band , Caps on their heads , and halberds in their hand And particolour'd troops , a shining train , Draw forth 96 ...
... hands sustain a flow'r , Th ' expressive emblem of their softer pow'r ; Four Knaves in garbs succinct , a trusty band , Caps on their heads , and halberds in their hand And particolour'd troops , a shining train , Draw forth 96 ...
Page 464
... hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land : From courts to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they ...
... hand to hand , It shifts in splendid traffic round the land : From courts to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they ...
Page 627
... hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire , And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews ...
... hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry ? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes ? On what wings dare he aspire ? What the hand dare seize the fire , And what shoulder , and what art , Could twist the sinews ...
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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