The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 53–54. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... kind . Three nodding ifles remain ; the reft an heap Of fand and weeds ; her fhrines , her radiant roofs , And columns proud , that from her fpacious floor . As from a fhining fea , majestic rose An hundred foot aloft , like stately ...
... kind . Three nodding ifles remain ; the reft an heap Of fand and weeds ; her fhrines , her radiant roofs , And columns proud , that from her fpacious floor . As from a fhining fea , majestic rose An hundred foot aloft , like stately ...
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... kind distress , on tedded hay ; Or to the marith guide their easy steps , If near thy tufted crofts the broad sea spreads . Sagacious care foreacts : when strong disease Breaks in , and stains the purple streams of health , Hard is the ...
... kind distress , on tedded hay ; Or to the marith guide their easy steps , If near thy tufted crofts the broad sea spreads . Sagacious care foreacts : when strong disease Breaks in , and stains the purple streams of health , Hard is the ...
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... kind . Th ' infectious fcab , arifing from extremes Of want or surfeit , is by water cur'd Of lime , or fodden ftave - acre , or oil Difperfive of Norwegian tar , renown'd By virtuous Berkeley , whose benevolence Explor'd its powers ...
... kind . Th ' infectious fcab , arifing from extremes Of want or surfeit , is by water cur'd Of lime , or fodden ftave - acre , or oil Difperfive of Norwegian tar , renown'd By virtuous Berkeley , whose benevolence Explor'd its powers ...
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... kind . See Miffifippi lengthen - on her lawns , Propitious to the thepherds : fee the sheep of fertile Arica † , like camels form'd ; Which bear huge burdens to the fea - beat fhore , And fhine with fleeces foft as feathery down ...
... kind . See Miffifippi lengthen - on her lawns , Propitious to the thepherds : fee the sheep of fertile Arica † , like camels form'd ; Which bear huge burdens to the fea - beat fhore , And fhine with fleeces foft as feathery down ...
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... Kind nature's bounties , o'er the globe diffus'd . For this , I wake the weary hours of reft ; With this defire , the merchant I attend ; By this impell'd , the fhepherd's hut I feek , And , as he tends his flock , his lectures hear ...
... Kind nature's bounties , o'er the globe diffus'd . For this , I wake the weary hours of reft ; With this defire , the merchant I attend ; By this impell'd , the fhepherd's hut I feek , And , as he tends his flock , his lectures hear ...
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Page 4 - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
Page 6 - I lie ; While the wanton Zephyr sings. And in the vale perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep; While the birds unbounded fly, And with music fill the sky, Now, ev'n now. my joys run high.
Page 160 - Alas ! from the day that we met What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
Page 158 - Thus glide the foft numbers along, And he fancies no fhepherd his peer ; Yet I never mould envy the fong, Were not PHYLLIS to lend it an ear. Let his crook be with hyacinths bound, So PHYLLIS the trophy defpife ; Let his forehead with laurels be crown'd, So they fhine not in PHYLLIS'S eyes.
Page 155 - Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
Page 158 - Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die.
Page 34 - Not fcience fhall extort that dear delight, Which gay delufion gave the tender mind. Adieu foft raptures ! tranfports void of care ! Parent of raptures, dear deceit, adieu! And you, her daughters, pining with defpair, Why, why fo foon her fleeting fteps purfue ! Tedious again to curfe the...
Page 287 - Twas her own country bred the flock so fair; 'Twas her own labour did the fleece prepare...
Page 160 - CORYDON'S theme : High tranfports are fhewn to the fight, But we are not to find them our own ; Fate never beftow'd fuch delight, As I with my PHYLLIS had known.
Page 287 - Goody, good-woman, gossip, n'aunt, forsooth, Or dame, the sole additions she did hear; Yet these she challenged, these she held right dear ; Ne would esteem him act as mought behove Who should not honour'd eld with these revere ; For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a mind which did that title love.