PoemsJ. Murray, 1778 - 158 páginas |
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Página 45
... Some lightly o'er the current skim , Some fhew their gayly - gilded trim Quick - glancing to the fun † . * Nare per æftatem liquidam + Virgil . Georg . lib . 4 . fporting with quick glance , Shew to the fun their wav'd coats dropt with ...
... Some lightly o'er the current skim , Some fhew their gayly - gilded trim Quick - glancing to the fun † . * Nare per æftatem liquidam + Virgil . Georg . lib . 4 . fporting with quick glance , Shew to the fun their wav'd coats dropt with ...
Página 53
... Some speedy aid to fend . No Dolphin came , no Nereid ftirr'd , Nor cruel Tom , nor Sufan heard . A fav'rite has no friend ! From hence , ye beauties , undeceiv'd , Know , one false step is ne'er retriev'd , And be with caution bold ...
... Some speedy aid to fend . No Dolphin came , no Nereid ftirr'd , Nor cruel Tom , nor Sufan heard . A fav'rite has no friend ! From hence , ye beauties , undeceiv'd , Know , one false step is ne'er retriev'd , And be with caution bold ...
Página 59
... graver hours , that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers difdain The limits of their little reign , And unknown regions dare defcry : E Still Still as they run they look behind , They hear OF ETON COLLEGE . 59.
... graver hours , that bring constraint To sweeten liberty : Some bold adventurers difdain The limits of their little reign , And unknown regions dare defcry : E Still Still as they run they look behind , They hear OF ETON COLLEGE . 59.
Página 97
... some of his choruses , —above all in the last of Cara & tacus : Hark ! heard ye not yon footstep dread ? & c . * Διὸς πρὸς ὄρνιχα θεῖον . Olymp . 2. Pindar compares himself to that bird , and his enemies to ravens that croak and clamour ...
... some of his choruses , —above all in the last of Cara & tacus : Hark ! heard ye not yon footstep dread ? & c . * Διὸς πρὸς ὄρνιχα θεῖον . Olymp . 2. Pindar compares himself to that bird , and his enemies to ravens that croak and clamour ...
Página 152
... Some heart once pregnant with celeftial fire Hands that the rod of empire might have fway'd , Or wak'd to ecítafy the living lyre . But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of Time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury ...
... Some heart once pregnant with celeftial fire Hands that the rod of empire might have fway'd , Or wak'd to ecítafy the living lyre . But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of Time did ne'er unroll ; Chill Penury ...
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Página 46 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Página 93 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Página 147 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Página 149 - 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 61 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Página 155 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite 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 churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 104 - Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart, Ye died amidst your dying country's cries — No more I weep : they do not sleep ! On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit; they linger yet Avengers of their native land : With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
Página 156 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Página 148 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Página 138 - OWEN's praise demands my song, OWEN swift, and OWEN strong; Fairest flower of Roderic's stem, * Gwyneth's shield, and Britain's gem. He nor heaps his brooded stores, Nor on all profusely pours; Lord of every regal art, Liberal hand, and open heart. Big with hosts of mighty name, Squadrons three against him came; This the force of Eirin hiding, Side by side as proudly riding, On her shadow long and gay * Lochlin plows...