Bell's Edition, Volúmenes94-95J. Bell, 1799 |
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... who seem to have hit upon the true nature of Pastoral compositions , so that it will be sufficient praise for me if I have not altogether failed in my attempt . TO HIS GRACE THOMAS DUKE OF NEWCASTLE . MY LORD PREFACE . XXV.
... who seem to have hit upon the true nature of Pastoral compositions , so that it will be sufficient praise for me if I have not altogether failed in my attempt . TO HIS GRACE THOMAS DUKE OF NEWCASTLE . MY LORD PREFACE . XXV.
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... Grace a just pre - eminence in the community ; but they are excellencies of a more exalted kind to which this tribute of my respect is paid . Your early zeal in the cause of liberty , which manifested itself at the close of a late reign ...
... Grace a just pre - eminence in the community ; but they are excellencies of a more exalted kind to which this tribute of my respect is paid . Your early zeal in the cause of liberty , which manifested itself at the close of a late reign ...
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... Grace will be able to distinguish those which have been printed before s from those which now make their first ... Grace's most devoted , obliged , and most humble servant , AMBROSE PHILIPS . e 7 " 2+ PASTORALS . " Nostra nec erubuit ...
... Grace will be able to distinguish those which have been printed before s from those which now make their first ... Grace's most devoted , obliged , and most humble servant , AMBROSE PHILIPS . e 7 " 2+ PASTORALS . " Nostra nec erubuit ...
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... grace the meadows flow , As corn the vales , and trees the hills adorn , So thou to thine an ornament was born . Since thou , delicious Youth ! didst quit the plains , Th ' ungrateful ground we till with fruitless pains , 70 In labour'd ...
... grace the meadows flow , As corn the vales , and trees the hills adorn , So thou to thine an ornament was born . Since thou , delicious Youth ! didst quit the plains , Th ' ungrateful ground we till with fruitless pains , 70 In labour'd ...
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... grace to ev'ry note ... " If Colin in complaining accent grieve , " Or brisker motion to his measure give , " If gentle sounds he modulate or strong , " She not a little vain repeats the song , " But so repeats that Colin half , despis ...
... grace to ev'ry note ... " If Colin in complaining accent grieve , " Or brisker motion to his measure give , " If gentle sounds he modulate or strong , " She not a little vain repeats the song , " But so repeats that Colin half , despis ...
Términos y frases comunes
AGRIGENTUM Albino AMBROSE PHILIPS ancient ANTISTROPHE arms beauteous beauties behold beneath birds bless breath bright brow charms cheerful climes clouds Colin Colinet coursers deep delight Dorset EPODE ev'n ev'ry fair Falernum fam'd Fleece flock flood flow'rs fond gentle give gloomy glory grace green GRONGAR HILL grove hand happy heart hence hills isle JOHN DYER labour lofty loom loud Measures 16 mind mournful Muse Myco night numbers nymph o'er Oenomaus pain Pastoral Peleus Pelops Philips pipe plains pleas'd Polynices pow'r praise proud purple realms rise rocks ruins sacred scene shade sheep shepherds shine shore Silurian sing skies skill smile soft song soul spread spring strain stream STROPHE swains sweet swell tears thee Theron Thersander thine thou thro toil tow'rs trade trees tuneful vale vallies various verse virtue wave wealth wide wind woods wool youth
Pasajes populares
Página 110 - Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun; Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go A various journey to the deep, Like human life to endless sleep!
Página 111 - Be full, ye courts ; be great who will : Search for peace with all your skill : Open wide the lofty door, Seek her on the marble floor. In vain...
Página 97 - Blest as the immortal gods is he, The youth who fondly sits by thee, And hears and sees thee all the while Softly speak and sweetly smile.
Página xi - Gives cheering cordials to the' afflicted heart; Gives to the wealthy, delicacies high; Gives to the curious, works of Nature rare; And when the priest displays, in just discourse, Him, the all-wise Creator, and declares His presence, power, and goodness unconfin'd, 'Tis Trade, attentive voyager, who fills His lips with argument.
Página 107 - GRONGAR HILL Silent Nymph, with curious eye! Who, the purple evening, lie On the mountain's lonely van, Beyond the noise of busy man; Painting fair the form of things, While the yellow linnet sings; Or the tuneful nightingale Charms the forest with her tale...
Página 110 - Big with the vanity of state: But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. And see the rivers how they run Thro...
Página 111 - Hope's deluding glass; As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air Which to those who journey near Barren, brown and rough appear: Still we tread the same coarse way; The present's still a cloudy day.
Página 108 - Wide and wider spreads the vale, As circles on a smooth canal : The mountains round, unhappy fate! Sooner or later, of all height, Withdraw their summits from the skies, And lessen as the others rise : Still the prospect wider spreads, Adds a thousand woods and meads; Still it widens, widens still, And sinks the newly-risen hill.
Página 109 - And ancient towers crown his brow, That cast an awful look below; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps. So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode; 'Tis now th...
Página 110 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky; The pleasant seat, the ruined tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.