A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, 4. köideRobert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... vain Prosperity received , To her they vow their truth , and are again believed , { ་ Wisdom in fable garb array'd , t Immers'd in rapt'rous thought profound , And Melancholy , filent maid With leaden eye , that loves the ground , Still ...
... vain Prosperity received , To her they vow their truth , and are again believed , { ་ Wisdom in fable garb array'd , t Immers'd in rapt'rous thought profound , And Melancholy , filent maid With leaden eye , that loves the ground , Still ...
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... vain pride difmays . A Gentle KNIGHT there was , whofe noble deeds O'er Fairy Land by Fame were blazon'd round : For warlike enterprize , and fage areeds Emong the chief alike was he renown'd ; Pædîa is a Greek word , fignifying ...
... vain pride difmays . A Gentle KNIGHT there was , whofe noble deeds O'er Fairy Land by Fame were blazon'd round : For warlike enterprize , and fage areeds Emong the chief alike was he renown'd ; Pædîa is a Greek word , fignifying ...
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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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... vain emprize , Despite of thund'ring Jove , to scale the steepy skies . XIX . W Alfe other wonders of the fportive shears Fair Nature mif - adorning there were found ; Globes , fpiral columns , pyramids and piers With spouting urns and ...
... vain emprize , Despite of thund'ring Jove , to scale the steepy skies . XIX . W Alfe other wonders of the fportive shears Fair Nature mif - adorning there were found ; Globes , fpiral columns , pyramids and piers With spouting urns and ...
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... Vain love of praife , with adulation join'd , And difingenuous fcorn , and impotence of mind . XXVII . Extending from the hill on every fide , In circuit vast a verdant valley spread ; Acrofs whofe uniform flat bofom glide Ten thousand ...
... Vain love of praife , with adulation join'd , And difingenuous fcorn , and impotence of mind . XXVII . Extending from the hill on every fide , In circuit vast a verdant valley spread ; Acrofs whofe uniform flat bofom glide Ten thousand ...
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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