A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
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... Whofe guiding judgment gives me skill to fing ; Though far unequal to those polish'd strains , With which thy Congreve charm'd the lift'ning plains , Yet shall its mufick please thy partial ear , And footh thy breast with thoughts that ...
... Whofe guiding judgment gives me skill to fing ; Though far unequal to those polish'd strains , With which thy Congreve charm'd the lift'ning plains , Yet shall its mufick please thy partial ear , And footh thy breast with thoughts that ...
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... whofe hallow'd shrine My Delia vow'd to be for ever mine , While glowing in her cheeks , with tender love , Sweet virgin modefty reluctant ftrove : And hail to thee , fair queen of young defires , Long shall my heart preferve thy ...
... whofe hallow'd shrine My Delia vow'd to be for ever mine , While glowing in her cheeks , with tender love , Sweet virgin modefty reluctant ftrove : And hail to thee , fair queen of young defires , Long shall my heart preferve thy ...
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... whofe valour could deferve Reward fo glorious ! grateful nation hail , Who paid'ft his service with fo rich a meed ! Which most shall I admire , which worthiest praise , The Hero or the People ? Honour doubts , And weighs their virtues ...
... whofe valour could deferve Reward fo glorious ! grateful nation hail , Who paid'ft his service with fo rich a meed ! Which most shall I admire , which worthiest praise , The Hero or the People ? Honour doubts , And weighs their virtues ...
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... Whofe curs'd refinements odious Vice adorn , And teach to honour what we ought to fcorn ! Doft thou in fage Hiftorians joy to see How Roman Greatness rofe with Liberty ; How the fame hands that tyrants durft controul , Their empire ...
... Whofe curs'd refinements odious Vice adorn , And teach to honour what we ought to fcorn ! Doft thou in fage Hiftorians joy to see How Roman Greatness rofe with Liberty ; How the fame hands that tyrants durft controul , Their empire ...
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... Whofe Nobles born to cringe , and to command , In courts a mean , in camps a gen'rous band ; From each low tool of pow'r content receive Thofe laws , their dreaded arms to Europe give . Whose people vain in want , in bondage bleft , Tho ...
... Whofe Nobles born to cringe , and to command , In courts a mean , in camps a gen'rous band ; From each low tool of pow'r content receive Thofe laws , their dreaded arms to Europe give . Whose people vain in want , in bondage bleft , Tho ...
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ARCHIMAGE bards Bavius beſt bleft blifs bluſh boaſt bofom breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms cou'd defire Delia delight difdain Druids eaſe Edward EPIGRAM erft Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fage fair falfe fame fenfe fhade fhall fhine fing firft firſt flame flave flow'ry fmiles foft fome fong fons foon footh form'd foul fov'reign fpirit ftill ftream fuch fure fweet GARTER gen'rous glorious glory heart heav'n heav'nly honour immortal infpire juft juftice king lefs loft lov'd lyre mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt nature's o'er paffion pain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride prince publick rage raiſe reafon reft rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhould sk sk ſmile ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtore ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro throne toils train truth uſe verſe vex'd virtue virtue's whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh wou'd
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Sida 269 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Sida 267 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Sida 79 - Her speech was the melodious voice of Love, Her song the warbling of the vernal grove...
Sida 265 - Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Sida 264 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Sida 46 - Tell me, my heart, if this be love? If she some other youth commend, Though I was once his fondest friend, His instant enemy I prove: Tell me, my heart, if this be love?
Sida 37 - To whom I gave my own harmonious lyre, If high exalted on the Throne of Wit, Near Me and Homer thou afpire to...
Sida 70 - VII. Where were ye, Mufes, when relentlefs fate From thefe fond arms your fair difciple tore, From thefe fond arms that vainly ftrove With haplefs...
Sida 2 - Damon came, unknowing where he ftray'd, Full of the image of his beauteous maid : His flock far off, unfed, untended lay, To ev'ry favage a defencelefs prey ; No fenfe of int'reft could their matter move, And ev'ry care feem'd trifling now but Love. Awhile in penfive filence he remain'd> But tho...
Sida 43 - Seek to be good, but aim not to be great: A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.