Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas Tomkinseditor, and J. Wallis, 1780 - 204 pages |
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... gentle hermit of the dale , " And guide my lonely way , " To where yon taper cheers the vale , " With hofpitable ray .. " For here , forlorn and loft I tread , " With fainting steps and flow ; " Where wilds immeafurably fpread , " Seem ...
... gentle hermit of the dale , " And guide my lonely way , " To where yon taper cheers the vale , " With hofpitable ray .. " For here , forlorn and loft I tread , " With fainting steps and flow ; " Where wilds immeafurably fpread , " Seem ...
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... , " Nor wants that little long . " Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends , His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends , And follows to the cell . Far in a wildernefs obfcure The lonely mansion lay , A 3 SELECT POEMS . 5.
... , " Nor wants that little long . " Soft as the dew from heav'n defcends , His gentle accents fell : The modest stranger lowly bends , And follows to the cell . Far in a wildernefs obfcure The lonely mansion lay , A 3 SELECT POEMS . 5.
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... gentle swain infpire , And with a dying softness tune the lyre , Echo the vernal music of the woods , Warble the murmurs of the falling floods ; Thus fweet he fings , but fweetly fings in vain , For Philomela breathes a fofter strain ...
... gentle swain infpire , And with a dying softness tune the lyre , Echo the vernal music of the woods , Warble the murmurs of the falling floods ; Thus fweet he fings , but fweetly fings in vain , For Philomela breathes a fofter strain ...
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... Had fternly disapprov'd . XII . In Edwin's gentle heart , a war Of differing paffions strove : His heart , that durft not disobey , Yet could not ceafe to love . XIII . Deny'd her fight , he oft behind The 30 SELECT POEMS .
... Had fternly disapprov'd . XII . In Edwin's gentle heart , a war Of differing paffions strove : His heart , that durft not disobey , Yet could not ceafe to love . XIII . Deny'd her fight , he oft behind The 30 SELECT POEMS .
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... gentle maid , what prompts thee to forfake The paths , thy birth and fortune ftrew with flow'rs ? Through nature's kind endearing ties to break , And wafte in cloifter'd walls thy penfive hours ? Let fober thought restrain thine erring ...
... gentle maid , what prompts thee to forfake The paths , thy birth and fortune ftrew with flow'rs ? Through nature's kind endearing ties to break , And wafte in cloifter'd walls thy penfive hours ? Let fober thought restrain thine erring ...
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Page 150 - 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 th' inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 81 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 186 - 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.
Page 178 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 183 - 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 193 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Page 99 - 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 82 - Or aught Thy goodness lent. Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 149 - 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 185 - 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.