A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volumen4J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... shine , Still to new heights his restless wifhes tow'r , Claim leads to claim , and pow'r advances pow'r ; ' Till conquest unrefifted ceas'd to please , And rights ' Till ( 172 ) For growing names the weekly fcribbler lies, ...
... shine , Still to new heights his restless wifhes tow'r , Claim leads to claim , and pow'r advances pow'r ; ' Till conquest unrefifted ceas'd to please , And rights ' Till ( 172 ) For growing names the weekly fcribbler lies, ...
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... shine , And ftain with blood the Danube or the Rhine ; This pow'r has praise , that virtue scarce can warm , ' Till fame fupplies the universal charm . Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ...
... shine , And ftain with blood the Danube or the Rhine ; This pow'r has praise , that virtue scarce can warm , ' Till fame fupplies the universal charm . Yet Reason frowns on War's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ...
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... shine With light , as far excelling thine , As thine the paler moon . VI . Ye glitt❜ring planets of the fky , Whose lamps the abfent fun fupply , With him the fong pursue ; VOL . IV . N And And let himself fubmiffive own , He borrows ...
... shine With light , as far excelling thine , As thine the paler moon . VI . Ye glitt❜ring planets of the fky , Whose lamps the abfent fun fupply , With him the fong pursue ; VOL . IV . N And And let himself fubmiffive own , He borrows ...
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... shine , and through the blue ferene Pale Cynthia rolls her filver - axled car , Whence gazing stedfast on the spangled vault Raptur'd thou fit'ft , while murmurs indiftinct Of diftant billows footh thy penfive ear P 4 With With hoarfe ...
... shine , and through the blue ferene Pale Cynthia rolls her filver - axled car , Whence gazing stedfast on the spangled vault Raptur'd thou fit'ft , while murmurs indiftinct Of diftant billows footh thy penfive ear P 4 With With hoarfe ...
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... shine . Say , does the learned Lord of Hagley's shade , Charm man fo much by moffy fountains laid , As when arouz'd , he stems Corruption's courfe , .. And shakes the senate with a Tully's force ? When Freedom gafp'd beneath a Cæfar's ...
... shine . Say , does the learned Lord of Hagley's shade , Charm man fo much by moffy fountains laid , As when arouz'd , he stems Corruption's courfe , .. And shakes the senate with a Tully's force ? When Freedom gafp'd beneath a Cæfar's ...
Términos y frases comunes
ARISBE beneath bleft bloom bluſh boaſt bofom bow'r breaſt bright caft cauſe charms Columbel dæmons dear eaſe erft Ev'n eyes facred fafe fage fair fame fate fcorn fear fhade fhall fhine fhould figh filent fing firſt fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons foon footh forrow foul ftill fuch fure fweet fwelling grace grove heart heav'n Henry Pelham honour laſt lefs loft lov'd lyre maid mind moſt mourn Mufe Muſe muſt myſelf night nymphs o'er paffion pain peace penfive plain pleaſe pleaſure Pompey pow'r praiſe pride purſue raiſe reafon reſt rife roſe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſky ſmiling ſpeak ſpread ſpring Squire ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtreams ſweet taſte tears thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil train tranſports vale Virgil's tomb virtue Whilft whofe Whoſe wiſh youth
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Página 174 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Página 11 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite 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 through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 6 - 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.
Página 175 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 380 - 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...
Página 7 - 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.
Página 10 - Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...
Página 277 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Página 10 - Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn; "There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 379 - 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.