Night: A Poem. In Four Books ...C. Ackers, 1729 - 68 pages |
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afcend ariſe beneath blank verſe blaſt bleffings bleſs bloffoms bloom brine broods burſt charm'd chear clouds dark darkneſs Death deep deep foundations defcends deftruction dews dire dreadful drives duſky e'er earth ev'n ev'ry fenfe fhades fhadows fhall fhines fhore filent fince fink fkies flames flies flow'rs foam foft folemn fongs foul frighted ftill fubject fublime fuch furge furious fweet gale gladſom globe gloom glories green hang harveſt heav'n heav'nly horrid horrors huge illumin'd laſt light lightſom loft lonely midnight moft mourns mufick murmur Muſe muſt neighb'ring night numbers o'er odours penfive Philomela plains pleaſure POEM pond'rous pow'r profpect rage rays refound reſtleſs rhime rifing riſe roll ſcene ſecret ſhade ſhake ſhe ſheds ſhine ſhore ſhow'r ſkies ſky ſmile ſmooth ſpreads ſtars ſtill ſtrains ſtream ſweep theſe thouſand thro toil trembling vapours verdure verfe wafte waſte wat'ry waves whoſe wings woes Wretch
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Page viii - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure fpreads her facred light ; When not a breath difturbs the deep ferene, And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole : O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure fhed, And tip with filver every mountain's head ; Then fhine the vales— the rocks in profpefr.
Page 16 - And wakes lone echoe with the sadd'ning sound; Now on the sighing breeze sublimely rides, And murmurs solemn in the waving boughs: Ascending thence, the Stygian vapour shades The twinkling glories of the heav'nly vault; And all the planets of malignant rule, Gleam on the midnight earth their baleful rays.
Page 15 - Black melancholy glooms his mournful thought, And gives a dreadful horror to the night: All sad she rises o'er the pensive fields, And with her dusky wing embrowns the dark'ning green; Where e'er...
Page 57 - Around the fon, the fountain of their beams! To ken, ev'n their attendant orbs, and watch Their various motions, and their changing rays ; To...
Page 2 - O thou, whose secret haunt is far remov'd From all the restless, glaring, scenes of day, Sweet contemplation, daughter of the night O deign thy favour to th'adventurous muse, And, on thy pow'rful pinions, safely guide Her daring progress thro
Page 45 - Defcend indulgent to their earthly charge, And drive the horrors of the night away ; Tune, to immortal fongs, their golden lyres, And footh the woes of life with heav'ns eternal joys. Mean time, flow-rolling o'er the wat'ry meads, The gath'ririg mift extends its noxious damp", $ And dims...
Page 65 - Dark-roaming thro' the melancholy gloom, And beg a fhelter from the blaft in vain : With harden'd hearts the living bar their doors> And all relief deny: the...
Page 15 - Where e'er fhe turns, contagion flies along, And fades the honours of the blooming tree; Infects the odours of the...
Page 56 - As from a mountain's brow, and, raving loud", For ever thunders in the...
Page 27 - So on the blafted heath whole tribes are hurl'd, And rot, and moulder in the tainted wind.