The Beauties of English Poesy, 1. köideOliver Goldsmith William Griffin, 1767 |
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... maid , Her wrinkled form in black and white array'd ; With store of pray'rs , for mornings , nights , and noons ... maids . Now glaring fiends , and snakes on rolling spires , Pale spestres , gaping tombs , and purple fires : Now ...
... maid , Her wrinkled form in black and white array'd ; With store of pray'rs , for mornings , nights , and noons ... maids . Now glaring fiends , and snakes on rolling spires , Pale spestres , gaping tombs , and purple fires : Now ...
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... maid ! she spread her hands and cry'd , ( While Hampton's echoes , Wretched maid ! reply'd ) Was it for this you took such constant care The bodkin , comb , and essence to prepare ? For this your locks in paper durance bound , For ...
... maid ! she spread her hands and cry'd , ( While Hampton's echoes , Wretched maid ! reply'd ) Was it for this you took such constant care The bodkin , comb , and essence to prepare ? For this your locks in paper durance bound , For ...
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... maid ; But chief of Marian : Marian lov'd the swain , The parson's maid , and neatest of the plain . Marian , that soft could stroke the udder'd cow , Or lessen with her fieve the barley mow ; Marbled with sage the harden'd cheese she ...
... maid ; But chief of Marian : Marian lov'd the swain , The parson's maid , and neatest of the plain . Marian , that soft could stroke the udder'd cow , Or lessen with her fieve the barley mow ; Marbled with sage the harden'd cheese she ...
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... maid . Shall heavy Clumsilis with me compare ? View this , ye lovers , and like me despair . Her blubber'd lip by smutty pipes is worn , And in her breath tobacco whiffs are born ; The cleanly cheese - press she could never turn , Her ...
... maid . Shall heavy Clumsilis with me compare ? View this , ye lovers , and like me despair . Her blubber'd lip by smutty pipes is worn , And in her breath tobacco whiffs are born ; The cleanly cheese - press she could never turn , Her ...
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... maid . Sooner shall cats disport in waters clear , And speckled mackrels graze the meadows fair , Sooner shall screech - owls bask in sunny day , And the flow ass on trees , like squirrels , play ; Sooner shall snails on infect pinions ...
... maid . Sooner shall cats disport in waters clear , And speckled mackrels graze the meadows fair , Sooner shall screech - owls bask in sunny day , And the flow ass on trees , like squirrels , play ; Sooner shall snails on infect pinions ...
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Balaam beſt beſtow bleſſings Blouzelinda breath cauſe cloſe cry'd CUDDY Dæmon damſel deſcend deſigns deſpair diſtant eaſe ECLOGUE Ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fide fighs filent filver fing fire firſt flow'rs foft fome fong foon foul hair heart Heav'n heel I three inſpire juſt king laſt leſs LOBBIN CLOUT Lubberkin maid moſt muſe muſic muſt numbers Nymph o'er parterre paſſion paſt plain pleaſing pleaſure poet pow'r praiſe pray'r preſent raiſe repoſe reſt rifing riſe roſe ſad ſay ſcenes ſcorn ſecure ſee ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſet ſhade ſhall ſhare ſharp heel ſhe ſhepherds ſhew ſhining ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſmile ſoft ſome ſpirit ſpoke ſpread ſpring ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtore ſtrain ſtream ſuch ſung ſurvey ſwain ſweet ſwell Sylphs taſte tears thee theſe thoſe thou thro trembling turn me thrice Twas verſe waſte ween whoſe winds youth
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Page 49 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade; And young and old come forth to play On.
Page 42 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom...
Page 47 - Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 39 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 57 - One morn I miss'd him on the custom'd hill, Along the heath and near his fav'rite 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 thro' the church-way path we saw him borne.
Page 47 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 57 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 216 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot.
Page 54 - Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 50 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.