The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 216
... wave to wave of fancy'd Misery , At random drove , her helm of Reason lost ; Tho ' now restor'd , ' tis only Change of pain , A bitter change ; severer for severe : The Day too short for my Distress ! and Night 139 140 Even in the ...
... wave to wave of fancy'd Misery , At random drove , her helm of Reason lost ; Tho ' now restor'd , ' tis only Change of pain , A bitter change ; severer for severe : The Day too short for my Distress ! and Night 139 140 Even in the ...
Page 272
... Wave succeeding Wave they go A various Journey to the Deep , Like human Life to endless Sleep ! Thus is Nature's Vesture wrought , To instruct our wand'ring Thought ; Thus she dresses green and gay , To disperse our Cares away . Ever ...
... Wave succeeding Wave they go A various Journey to the Deep , Like human Life to endless Sleep ! Thus is Nature's Vesture wrought , To instruct our wand'ring Thought ; Thus she dresses green and gay , To disperse our Cares away . Ever ...
Page 338
... wave throws treasure on thy shore . What boots it ? If luxurious plenty charm Thy selfish heart from glory , if thy ... waves and wind Obey thee ? Hast thou all thy hopes resign'd To the sky's fickle faith ? the pilot's wavering ...
... wave throws treasure on thy shore . What boots it ? If luxurious plenty charm Thy selfish heart from glory , if thy ... waves and wind Obey thee ? Hast thou all thy hopes resign'd To the sky's fickle faith ? the pilot's wavering ...
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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