Poems for Young Ladies: In Three Parts : Devotional, Moral, and Entertaining : the Whole Being a Collection of the Best Pieces in Our LanguageWilliam Davenhill, 1770 - 248 pages |
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... leaves fhall move , And on its top defcends the myftic dove . Ye heav'ns ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in foft filence fhed the kindly show'r ! The fick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From ftorms a fhelter , and from ...
... leaves fhall move , And on its top defcends the myftic dove . Ye heav'ns ! from high the dewy nectar pour , And in foft filence fhed the kindly show'r ! The fick and weak the healing plant shall aid , From ftorms a fhelter , and from ...
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... leaves , In this inclement clime of human life . Sweet harmonist ! and beautiful as fweet ! And young as beautiful ! and foft as young ! And gay as foft !, and innocent as gay ! And happy ( if aught happy here ) as good ! For fortune ...
... leaves , In this inclement clime of human life . Sweet harmonist ! and beautiful as fweet ! And young as beautiful ! and foft as young ! And gay as foft !, and innocent as gay ! And happy ( if aught happy here ) as good ! For fortune ...
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... Leaves worlds behind in its aerial flight ; Mounts o'er the skies , unusual heights to foar , Where YOUNG and Angels only flew before . I leave unheeded ev'ry mortal care , The victor's pomp , and all the scenes of war : A nobler aim ...
... Leaves worlds behind in its aerial flight ; Mounts o'er the skies , unusual heights to foar , Where YOUNG and Angels only flew before . I leave unheeded ev'ry mortal care , The victor's pomp , and all the scenes of war : A nobler aim ...
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... leaf to revel on the flow'r . O ! how transported with a fleeting dream We fondly launch , and glide along the ftream ! Nor think of tempefts , mis'ry , pain , or death , The ftorms above us , and the wrecks beneath ! When lo ! at once ...
... leaf to revel on the flow'r . O ! how transported with a fleeting dream We fondly launch , and glide along the ftream ! Nor think of tempefts , mis'ry , pain , or death , The ftorms above us , and the wrecks beneath ! When lo ! at once ...
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... leaves are fhrivel'd by the ruffling gale ? To death's deftructive dart an easy prey , That funk , and feebly figh'd the foul away ? This clouded scene attempt not to explore ; Where reafon finks , ' twere madness then to foar : Heav'n ...
... leaves are fhrivel'd by the ruffling gale ? To death's deftructive dart an easy prey , That funk , and feebly figh'd the foul away ? This clouded scene attempt not to explore ; Where reafon finks , ' twere madness then to foar : Heav'n ...
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Page 34 - The rocks proclaim th' approaching Deity. Lo, Earth receives him from the bending skies! Sink down, ye mountains! and ye valleys, rise! With heads declined, ye cedars, homage pay! Be smooth, ye rocks! ye rapid floods, give way! The Saviour comes! by ancient bards foretold: Hear him, ye deaf! and all ye blind, behold!
Page 227 - GIRDLE. That which her slender waist confined, Shall now my joyful temples bind ; No monarch but would give his crown His arms might do what this has done. It was my heaven's extremest sphere, The pale which held that lovely deer, My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move. A narrow compass, and yet there Dwelt all that's good and all that's fair; Give me but what this ribband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Page 39 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 39 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land, On each I judge Thy foe. If I am right, Thy grace impart Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, oh, teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 33 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th' Ethereal Spirit o'er its leaves shall move, And on its top descends the mystic Dove.
Page 31 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 63 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Page 64 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 30 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 42 - Lead it through various scenes of life and death, And from each scene the noblest truths inspire.