A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies of vols. 5,6].1765 |
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... most perfect image to display , Can e'er his country's majefty behold , Unmov'd or cold ! O fool ! to deem That He , whose thought must visit every theme , Whose heart muft every ftrong emotion know By nature planted , or by fortune ...
... most perfect image to display , Can e'er his country's majefty behold , Unmov'd or cold ! O fool ! to deem That He , whose thought must visit every theme , Whose heart muft every ftrong emotion know By nature planted , or by fortune ...
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... part : This gives the most unbounded sway : This fhall inchant the fubject heart When rofe and lily fade away ; And She be still , in fpite of time , Sweet Amoret in all her prime . ODE XX O D E TO THE TIB E R. WRITTEN ( 45 )
... part : This gives the most unbounded sway : This fhall inchant the fubject heart When rofe and lily fade away ; And She be still , in fpite of time , Sweet Amoret in all her prime . ODE XX O D E TO THE TIB E R. WRITTEN ( 45 )
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... most exalted breath of human praise To please indeed muft echo from the heart . Though thou be brave , be virtuous , and be wife , By all , like him , admir'd , efteem'd , belov'd , ' Tis from within alone true Fame can rife , The only ...
... most exalted breath of human praise To please indeed muft echo from the heart . Though thou be brave , be virtuous , and be wife , By all , like him , admir'd , efteem'd , belov'd , ' Tis from within alone true Fame can rife , The only ...
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... most important purposes by heaven ; Who bids these stars as bright examples fhine Befprinkled thinly by the hand divine , To form to virtue each degenerate time , And point out to the foul its origin fublime . } That That there's a felf ...
... most important purposes by heaven ; Who bids these stars as bright examples fhine Befprinkled thinly by the hand divine , To form to virtue each degenerate time , And point out to the foul its origin fublime . } That That there's a felf ...
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... most happy therefore he appears , Who having once , unmov'd by hopes or fears , Survey'd this fun , earth , ocean , clouds , and flame , Well fatisfy'd returns from whence he came . Is life a hundred years , or e'er fo few , ' Tis ...
... most happy therefore he appears , Who having once , unmov'd by hopes or fears , Survey'd this fun , earth , ocean , clouds , and flame , Well fatisfy'd returns from whence he came . Is life a hundred years , or e'er fo few , ' Tis ...
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bard beauty behold beneath beſt beſtow bleffings bleft bluſh boaſt bofom breaſt charms cloſe diſtant eaſe Ev'n facred fafe fage faid fair fame fate feat fhade fhall fhew fhine fhould figh fight filent fince firſt flow'rs fmile foft folar folemn fome fong fons foul freſh friendſhip ftate ftill fuch fure fweet fwell genius glory Goddeſs grace grove gueſt hand heart heav'n himſelf juſt laſt Latian lefs loft lyre mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt Naiads ne'er numbers Nymphs o'er paffion peace plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe purſue raiſe reaſon reft reſt rife ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſky ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſprings ſtands ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtrain ſtream ſtrong ſweet taſk taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil truth vale verſe virtue Whilft whofe Whoſe wife wings Wiſdom youth
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Página 385 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
Página 385 - Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold where Dryden's less presumptuous car Wide o'er the fields of Glory bear Two Coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder cloth'd, and long-resounding pace.
Página 37 - The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
Página 389 - Mighty victor, mighty lord ! Low on his funeral couch he lies ! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Página 388 - With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line. II. 1 'Weave the warp and weave the woof, The winding-sheet of Edward's race; Give ample room and verge enough The characters of hell to trace...
Página 393 - Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign: Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Página 381 - Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Página 384 - 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 389 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.
Página 317 - With kind and generous truth thy bosom warm, And thy fair mind, like thy fair person, charm. To virtue thus and to thyself restored, By all admired, by one alone adored, Be to thy Harry ever kind and true, And live for him who more than dies for you.