A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, 4. köideRobert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... These the fault , If Mem❜ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raise , Where through the long - drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing anthem fwells the note of praise . Can ftoried urn or animated buft Back to its manfion call the fleeting ...
... These the fault , If Mem❜ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raise , Where through the long - drawn ifle and fretted vault The pealing anthem fwells the note of praise . Can ftoried urn or animated buft Back to its manfion call the fleeting ...
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... these bones from infult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh , With uncouth rhimes and shapeless sculpture deck'd , Implores the paffing tribute of a figh . Their name , their years , fpelt by th ' unletter'd Mufe , The ...
... these bones from infult to protect Some frail memorial still erected nigh , With uncouth rhimes and shapeless sculpture deck'd , Implores the paffing tribute of a figh . Their name , their years , fpelt by th ' unletter'd Mufe , The ...
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... these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , by lonely Contemplation led , Some kindred Spirit fhall inquire thy fate , Haply fome hoary - headed fwain may say , Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn C Brufhing with hafty ...
... these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance , by lonely Contemplation led , Some kindred Spirit fhall inquire thy fate , Haply fome hoary - headed fwain may say , Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn C Brufhing with hafty ...
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... These generous fcyons : they with watchful care Still , as the fwelling paffions ' gan disclose The buds of future virtues , did did prepare With prudent culture the young shoots to rear ; And aye in this endearing pious toil They by af ...
... These generous fcyons : they with watchful care Still , as the fwelling paffions ' gan disclose The buds of future virtues , did did prepare With prudent culture the young shoots to rear ; And aye in this endearing pious toil They by af ...
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... VIII . 1 Ne with these glorious gifts elate and vain Lock'd he his wisdom up in churlish pride ; k Alfe , alfo , further . i Mote , might . * Aye , ever . 1 Ne , nor . But , stooping from his height , would even deign ( 20 ) 1.
... VIII . 1 Ne with these glorious gifts elate and vain Lock'd he his wisdom up in churlish pride ; k Alfe , alfo , further . i Mote , might . * Aye , ever . 1 Ne , nor . But , stooping from his height , would even deign ( 20 ) 1.
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Page 6 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 11 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 176 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Page 390 - I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed; But let me that plunder forbear, She will say 'twas a barbarous deed...
Page 177 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 8 - Lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing Virtues, but their Crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through Slaughter to a Throne, And...
Page 168 - LET observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 10 - Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...
Page 282 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Page 172 - To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And Detestation rids th