Poems on Several Subjects, Volym 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 sidor |
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... smiling Virtue refts , nor dreads a foe ; 35 And Slumber shuts the Weeping eyes of Woe : ' Twas then , amid the filence of the night , A graceful Seraph stood before my fight , And blaz'd meridian day , -the rocking ground Flam'd as he ...
... smiling Virtue refts , nor dreads a foe ; 35 And Slumber shuts the Weeping eyes of Woe : ' Twas then , amid the filence of the night , A graceful Seraph stood before my fight , And blaz'd meridian day , -the rocking ground Flam'd as he ...
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... smiling meads refign their lovely bloom ; Not Afia's fields th ' impetuous floods retain , It bounds with fury o'er the wide champaign . Whate'er to view revolving feasons bring , Each opening flow'r , the painted child of fpring ...
... smiling meads refign their lovely bloom ; Not Afia's fields th ' impetuous floods retain , It bounds with fury o'er the wide champaign . Whate'er to view revolving feasons bring , Each opening flow'r , the painted child of fpring ...
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... smiling mead ; Or in the lily's fnowy bofom grew ; Or ting'd the faphire with its lovely blue ; Or in fome purling ftream refresh'd the plains ; 390 Or form'd the mountain's adamantine veins ; Or , gaily fporting in the breathing Spring ...
... smiling mead ; Or in the lily's fnowy bofom grew ; Or ting'd the faphire with its lovely blue ; Or in fome purling ftream refresh'd the plains ; 390 Or form'd the mountain's adamantine veins ; Or , gaily fporting in the breathing Spring ...
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... smiles , and shows th ' unfully'd object clear ; Whene'er from that the erring guide removes , " Tis dark ; all elfe but puzzles , not improves . 436 THUS , when fome Indian , for the fhining gem , Tempts the rough fea , or plunges in ...
... smiles , and shows th ' unfully'd object clear ; Whene'er from that the erring guide removes , " Tis dark ; all elfe but puzzles , not improves . 436 THUS , when fome Indian , for the fhining gem , Tempts the rough fea , or plunges in ...
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... smiles can calm the horrors of despair ; " Bid in each breaft unusual transports flow , 645 And wipe the tears that stain the cheek of Woe :. " How bleft the man who leaves each meaner scene , " Like thee , exalted , fmiling , and ...
... smiles can calm the horrors of despair ; " Bid in each breaft unusual transports flow , 645 And wipe the tears that stain the cheek of Woe :. " How bleft the man who leaves each meaner scene , " Like thee , exalted , fmiling , and ...
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Sida xlvii - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Sida 46 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Sida ciii - True f wit i' nature to advantage drefs'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight, we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Sida 113 - Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at His throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise Him, ye kings, who makes your power An image of His own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Sida 110 - Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire, The mighty chorus aid : Soon as grey ev'ning gilds the plain, Thou, moon, protract the melting strain.
Sida 112 - To him, ye graceful cedars, bow; Ye towering mountains, bending low, Your great Creator own! Tell, when affrighted nature shook, How Sinai kindled at his look, And trembled at his frown. Ye flocks that haunt the humble vale, Ye insects fluttering on the gale.
Sida 110 - Ye fields of light, celestial plains, Where gay transporting beauty reigns, Ye scenes divinely fair ; Your Maker's wondrous power proclaim, Tell how he form'd your shining frame, And breath'd the fluid air. Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound ; While all th...
Sida xlii - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Sida cxiv - But wrapt in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure : Know we what fortune yet remains behind ? Know we how long the present shall endure ? WIST.
Sida ix - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. In poets as true genius...