The Works of the English Poets: YoungH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... writes , And am I writing still ? Confcious of nature in decline , And languor in my thoughts ; To foften cenfure , and abate Its rigour on my faults ; Permit me , Madam ! ere to You : The promis'd verse I pay , To touch on felt ...
... writes , And am I writing still ? Confcious of nature in decline , And languor in my thoughts ; To foften cenfure , and abate Its rigour on my faults ; Permit me , Madam ! ere to You : The promis'd verse I pay , To touch on felt ...
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... write . What fhall I write ? Thalia , tell ; Say , long - abandon'd Mufe ! What field of fancy fhall I range What fubject fhall I chufe ? A choice of moment high inspire , And rescue me from fhame , For doating on thy charms fo late ...
... write . What fhall I write ? Thalia , tell ; Say , long - abandon'd Mufe ! What field of fancy fhall I range What fubject fhall I chufe ? A choice of moment high inspire , And rescue me from fhame , For doating on thy charms fo late ...
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... warble young ? Yet , write I muft ; a * Lady fues . How shameful her request ! My brain in labour for dull rhyme ! Her's teeming with the best ! Mrs. Maram But But you a ftranger will excufe , Nor fcorn his 90 YOUNG'S POEMS .
... warble young ? Yet , write I muft ; a * Lady fues . How shameful her request ! My brain in labour for dull rhyme ! Her's teeming with the best ! Mrs. Maram But But you a ftranger will excufe , Nor fcorn his 90 YOUNG'S POEMS .
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... . III . H And * Whilft the Author was writing This , he received the news of Mr. Samuel Richardfon's death , who was then printing the former part of the Poem . And when continued past its point , Indulg'd in length RESIGNATION . PART I.
... . III . H And * Whilft the Author was writing This , he received the news of Mr. Samuel Richardfon's death , who was then printing the former part of the Poem . And when continued past its point , Indulg'd in length RESIGNATION . PART I.
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... Writes Vici on his shield ; So falling man , immortal heir Of an eternal prize ; Undaunted at the gloomy grave , Defcends into the skies . * Alluding to Prussia . O ! O ! how disorder'd our machine , When contradictions mix 140 YOUNG'S ...
... Writes Vici on his shield ; So falling man , immortal heir Of an eternal prize ; Undaunted at the gloomy grave , Defcends into the skies . * Alluding to Prussia . O ! O ! how disorder'd our machine , When contradictions mix 140 YOUNG'S ...
Términos y frases comunes
Æther art thou beams beneath bleffing blifs boaft boaſt boundleſs breaſt Britain Britain's Britannia's cauſe Codrus darkneſs death defcend diftant divine dread earth eternal facred fafe fame fate fatire feas fenfe fhall fhine fhould fing firſt fkies flame fleep fmile fome fong fons forrow foul fpirits ftand ftars ftill ftreams fubject fuch fwell genius glorious glory gods heart heaven human immortal juſt laſt lefs leſs Lorenzo luftre man's mankind mighty moft mortal moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt nature's ne'er night numbers o'er paffion pain paſt peace Pindar pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe preſent pride profe proud raiſe reafon refign'd Refignation rife riſe ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſmile ſpeak ſphere ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtrikes thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne Trade virtue Voltaire whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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Página 4 - What is the world itself? thy world — a grave. Where is the dust that has not been alive ? The spade, the plough, disturb our ancestors. From human mould we reap our daily bread. The globe around earth's hollow surface shakes, And is the ceiling of her sleeping sons. O'er devastation we blind revels keep : Whole buried towns support the dancer's heel.
Página 50 - Such various forms, and gave it wings to fly ? Has matter innate motion ! Then each atom, Asserting its indisputable right To dance, would form an universe of dust.
Página 37 - How glorious, then, appears the mind of man, When in it all the stars, and planets, roll ! And what it seems, it is : great objects make Great minds, enlarging as their views enlarge ; Those still more godlike, as these more divine. And more divine than these, thou canst not see.
Página 8 - Vain hope ! it is too late! Where, where, for shelter, shall the guilty fly, When consternation turns the good man pale ? Great day ! for which all other days were made ; For which earth rose from chaos, man from earth ; And an eternity, the date of gods, Descended on poor earth-created man ! Great day of dread, decision, and despair!
Página 44 - What hand behind the scene, What arm Almighty, put these wheeling globes In motion, and wound up the vast machine?
Página 191 - To show (in vain !) he still retains his wits : Another marries, and his dear proves keen ; He writes as an hypnotic for the...
Página 90 - Twixt human and divine. But though full noble is my theme. Full urgent is my call To soften sorrow, and forbid The bursting tear to fall : The task I dread ; dare I to leave Of...
Página 190 - With fame, in just proportion, envy grows ; The man that makes a character, makes foes : Slight, peevish insects round a genius rise, As a bright day awakes the world of flies ; With hearty malice, but with feeble wing, (To show they live) they flutter, and they sting : But as by depredations wasps proclaim The fairest fruit, so these the fairest fame.
Página 26 - Streams to a point, and centres in my sight ! Nor tarries there ; I feel it at my heart. My heart, at once, it humbles, and exalts; Lays it in dust, and calls it to the skies.
Página 1 - Then cheers his heart with what his fate affords, And chants his sonnet to deceive the time, Till the due season calls him to repose : Thus I...