A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volumen4Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour . The paths of glory lead but to the grave . Nor you , ye Proud , impute to These the fault , If Mem❜ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raise , Where through the long ...
... beauty , all that wealth e'er gave , Await alike th ' inevitable hour . The paths of glory lead but to the grave . Nor you , ye Proud , impute to These the fault , If Mem❜ry o'er their Tomb no Trophies raise , Where through the long ...
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... Beauty fhines , and Friendship warm , And Honour in a female form . With them in aged groves to walk , And lofe my thoughts in artless talk , I fhun the voice of Party loud , I fhun loose Pleasure's idle crowd , And monkish academic ...
... Beauty fhines , and Friendship warm , And Honour in a female form . With them in aged groves to walk , And lofe my thoughts in artless talk , I fhun the voice of Party loud , I fhun loose Pleasure's idle crowd , And monkish academic ...
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... Beauty fmiles ferenely fair , And Courage frowns with martial air ; Though whiskers quaint the face disguise , And habits odd to modern eyes . Behold what kings in Britain reign'd , Plantagenets with blood diftain'd , And valiant ...
... Beauty fmiles ferenely fair , And Courage frowns with martial air ; Though whiskers quaint the face disguise , And habits odd to modern eyes . Behold what kings in Britain reign'd , Plantagenets with blood diftain'd , And valiant ...
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... thine eyes to fuch deceitful woe ; Caught by the beauty of thy outward fhow , Like me they do not love , whate'er they seem , Like me with paffion founded on esteem . Answer KKKKF T Answer to the foregoing Lines . By the ( 84 )
... thine eyes to fuch deceitful woe ; Caught by the beauty of thy outward fhow , Like me they do not love , whate'er they seem , Like me with paffion founded on esteem . Answer KKKKF T Answer to the foregoing Lines . By the ( 84 )
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... beauty , and his slaves mankind . XVI . Nor am I a Numidian but by name , For I can int'reft for my love disclaim : My virtue fhews what ' twas the gods defign'd , By chance on Afric's clay they stamp'd a Roman mind . XVII . Not all the ...
... beauty , and his slaves mankind . XVI . Nor am I a Numidian but by name , For I can int'reft for my love disclaim : My virtue fhews what ' twas the gods defign'd , By chance on Afric's clay they stamp'd a Roman mind . XVII . Not all the ...
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Pasajes populares
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 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 176 - 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 390 - 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 177 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 8 - Lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing Virtues, but their Crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through Slaughter to a Throne, And...
Página 168 - LET observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
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 282 - 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 172 - To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And Detestation rids th