Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Volumen2T. Evans, 1774 |
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... English air , If THORNTON , rich in native wit , Would make the modes and diction fit ? Or , as I know you hate to roam , To fetch an inftance nearer home ; Though Though in an idiom most unlike , A fimilarity must ( 10 )
... English air , If THORNTON , rich in native wit , Would make the modes and diction fit ? Or , as I know you hate to roam , To fetch an inftance nearer home ; Though Though in an idiom most unlike , A fimilarity must ( 10 )
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... hate , and blockhead's fcorn , Then PLEASURE wins upon the mind , Ye CARES , go whistle to the wind ; Then welcome frolic , welcome whim ! The world is all alike to him . Diftrefs is all in apprehenfion ; It ceases when ' tis past ...
... hate , and blockhead's fcorn , Then PLEASURE wins upon the mind , Ye CARES , go whistle to the wind ; Then welcome frolic , welcome whim ! The world is all alike to him . Diftrefs is all in apprehenfion ; It ceases when ' tis past ...
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... hate , Scoundrels traduce , and blockheads bai Perhaps you'll readily admit There's danger from the trading wit , And dunce and fool , and fuch as those , Must be of courfe the poet's foes : But fure no fober man alive , Can think that ...
... hate , Scoundrels traduce , and blockheads bai Perhaps you'll readily admit There's danger from the trading wit , And dunce and fool , and fuch as those , Must be of courfe the poet's foes : But fure no fober man alive , Can think that ...
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... hate a fool ; Who can a hearty praise bestow , If merit fparkles in a foe ; Who bold and open , firm and true , Flatters no friends - yet loves them too : CHURCHILL will be the laft to know His is the portrait , I would fhow . A BAL- L ...
... hate a fool ; Who can a hearty praise bestow , If merit fparkles in a foe ; Who bold and open , firm and true , Flatters no friends - yet loves them too : CHURCHILL will be the laft to know His is the portrait , I would fhow . A BAL- L ...
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... hates another , As Emperors would kill a brother , Or Empress Queen to rule alone , Pluck down a Husband from the throne . When tir'd of Friendship and alliance , Each fide springs forward to defiance , Inveterate Hate and Refolution ...
... hates another , As Emperors would kill a brother , Or Empress Queen to rule alone , Pluck down a Husband from the throne . When tir'd of Friendship and alliance , Each fide springs forward to defiance , Inveterate Hate and Refolution ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Apollo's AUTHOR Bard beſt bleft breaſt cauſe cloſe dame decus Delos dreft dull dunce e'en e'er eaſe eaſy Engliſh erft ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fame fancy fatire feek fenfe fhall fhame fhew fhould fibi filk fimple firft firſt fkies flame fober foes folks fome fons fool foul ftill ftrength ftrife ftrong fuch fure genius grace gueſt Hæc hate heart himſelf inglorius Juft king laft Latona lyre meaſure mind miſtreſs moft moſt mufe muft Muſe muſt numbers nymph o'er pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe profe purſue Quæ quam raiſe reaſon rhime rhyme rife ROBERT LLOYD ſcarce ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſuch Tafte taſte tell thee themſelves theſe things thoſe thou thouſand thro throne uſe VALOIS verfe verſe whofe Whoſe wife wiſh woes wond'rous wou'd write
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Página 188 - 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 192 - 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 190 - The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.
Página 198 - On some fond breast the parting soul relies. Some pious drops the closing eye requires; 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 204 - 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 200 - 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 198 - Their name, their years, fpelt by th' unletter'd Mufe, The place of fame and elegy fupply : And many a holy text around fhe ftrews, That teach the ruftic moralift to dye.
Página 196 - Th' applaufe of lift'ning fenates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their...
Página 190 - 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 198 - For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd dead Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall...