Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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Page v
... give fome ac- count of this kind of Poèm , and it is my defign to comprize in this fhort paper the fubftance of thofe nu- merous differtations the Critics have made on the fub- ject , without omitting any of their rules in my own favour ...
... give fome ac- count of this kind of Poèm , and it is my defign to comprize in this fhort paper the fubftance of thofe nu- merous differtations the Critics have made on the fub- ject , without omitting any of their rules in my own favour ...
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... give these fhepherds some skill in astronomy , as far as it may be useful to that fort of life . And an air of piety to the Gods should shine through the Poem , which fo visibly appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to ...
... give these fhepherds some skill in astronomy , as far as it may be useful to that fort of life . And an air of piety to the Gods should shine through the Poem , which fo visibly appears in all the works of antiquity : and it ought to ...
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... in what glad foil appears , A wond'rous tree that facred Monarchs bears : Tell me but this , and I'll difclaim the prize , And give the conqueft to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNIS . Nay tell me first , in what more PASTORALS . v . 65 .
... in what glad foil appears , A wond'rous tree that facred Monarchs bears : Tell me but this , and I'll difclaim the prize , And give the conqueft to thy Sylvia's eyes . DAPHNIS . Nay tell me first , in what more PASTORALS . v . 65 .
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... give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise fhall live ! THYRSIS . But fee , Orion fheds unwholfome dews ; Arife , the pines a noxious fhade diffuse ; Sharp Boreas blows , and Nature feels decay , Time conquers all , and we must time ...
... give , Thy name , thy honour , and thy praise fhall live ! THYRSIS . But fee , Orion fheds unwholfome dews ; Arife , the pines a noxious fhade diffuse ; Sharp Boreas blows , and Nature feels decay , Time conquers all , and we must time ...
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... give way ! The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold : Hear him , ye deaf , and , all ye blind , behold ! He from thick films fhall purge the visual ray , And on the fightless eye - ball pour the day : ' Tis he th ' obftructed paths ...
... give way ! The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold : Hear him , ye deaf , and , all ye blind , behold ! He from thick films fhall purge the visual ray , And on the fightless eye - ball pour the day : ' Tis he th ' obftructed paths ...
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ancient ANTISTROPHE ariſe beauty Belinda beſt bleft bluſh breaſt bright ceafe charms critics Cynthus DAPHNIS Eclogue Eurydice ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire fcenes feas feem fenfe fhades fhall fhining fhould fighs filent filver fince fing firſt fkies flame flocks flow flowers foft fome fong foon forefts foul fpirits fpring ftill ftreams fubject fuch fung fwains fwell fylvan Gnome grace groves hair heart heaven honours infpire itſelf laft laſt lefs lofe loft lov'd lyre maid moſt mournful Mufe mufic muſt nature numbers nymph o'er paffion Paftoral paſt Phaon Phoebus plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe rage refound rife Sappho ſcene SEMICHORUS ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrains Sylphs tears thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro trembling Umbriel uſeful vafe Virg virgin whofe whoſe winds