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æther almoſt ANOMALIAE Antiope Athelgiva avare beſtow bleft boaſt bofom breaſt charms chearful circumſtances confequence diſplay diſtinguiſhed doom'd Edwy EPIGRAM eyes faid fair fame fancy fate fear fecure feek fhall fhould fhow fide fill'd firft firſt folar fome foon forrow foul fpeaking ftill fubject fuch fuit fuperior fure Goddeſs grace grief heart Hermanric himſelf hope Hubert join'd Lord maid mankind Megara MENANDER mind moſt Mufe muſe muſt myſelf ne'er never numbers o'er obfervation ourſelves Ovid paffion pain pleaſing pleaſure praiſe prefent purpoſe purſue raiſe reafon REBUS reft reſt rife ſay ſcene ſcience ſee ſhall ſhe ſhow ſhown ſmiling SONNET ſpeak ſpread ſtate ſtay ſtill Stilpo ſtood ſtrains ſtream ſuch tale thee thefe there's theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thro toil TUESDAY uſe vex'd virtue Whilft whofe whoſe wiſh youth
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Sida 163 - Here peace and quiet ever dwell : ' Here fear no rude alarms ; * Nor here is heard the trumpet's found,
Sida 168 - I fear no robber, stranger, here, For I have nought to lose ; And thou mayst safely through the night In this poor cell repose. " And thou art welcome to my hut," The holy man replied ; " Still welcome here is he whom fate Has left without a guide. " Whence and what art thou, gentle youth ? ' The noble Edwy said, " I go to rouse Earl Osrick's power, And seek Lord Redwald's aid.
Sida 172 - Well vers'd in war's alarms ; ' A name once not unknown to fame, ' Nor unrenown'd in arms. ' O, Athelgiva ! (yet too dear) ' Did I thy danger know : ' Yet would I fly to thy relief, ' And crush th
Sida 80 - Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell That spoke so sweetly and so well.
Sida 9 - Chacun peint avec art dans ce nouveau miroir , S'y voit avec plaisir, ou croit ne s'y point voir. L'avare , des premiers , rit du tableau fidèle D'un avare souvent tracé sur son modèle ; Et mille fois un fat , finement exprimé , Méconnoît le portrait sur lui-même formé.
Sida 183 - This vow in Kenwurth's glorious field The gallant earl did pay ; When Alfred's better ftar prevail'd, And England had her day. That day the Dane full dearly paid The price of lovers' blood : That day in Hubba's cloven helm The Saxon javelin flood.
Sida 173 - Thy. limbs with ftcel infold : ' Was it not Ardolph's daughter, fay, ' Who late thy heart did hold ?' * It was, it was !' Hermanrick cry'd ; ' I heard her brother's name : * 'Tis faid he was a gallant youth,
Sida 165 - And true she said — for on her cheek Was seen young beauty's bloom, Though grief, with slow and wasting stealth, Did then her prime consume. Her shape was all that thought can frame, Of elegance and grace ; And heav'n the beauties of her mind Reflected in her face.
Sida 169 - But lucklefs love dejecb my -foul, ' And cafts my fpirits down ; ' Thou feeft the wretch of woman's pride, ' Of follies not my own. • ' I once amid my fovereign's train * Was a diftinguifh'd youth, « But blighted is my former fame * By Sorrow's cank'ring tooth.
Sida 164 - Had ravag'd half the fhore. His fummons at the abbey gate, The ready porter hears ; And foon in veil and holy garb, The abbefs kind appears. ' O take this virgin to thy care, ' Good angels be your guard ; ' And may the faints in heaven above, ' That pious care reward. * For we by fierce barbarian hands? ' Are driven from our home ; ' And three long days and nights forlorn, ' The dreary waftc we roam. * But I muft go — thefe tow'rs to fare : ' Beneath the evening fhade, f I hafte to fceji earl Ofrick's...