The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].James Burns, 1841 - 139 sidor |
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... doth not he divide the care , Through all the labours of the year ? How many thousand structures rise , To fence us from inclement skies ! For us he bears the sultry day , And stores up all our winter hay ; He sows , he reaps the ...
... doth not he divide the care , Through all the labours of the year ? How many thousand structures rise , To fence us from inclement skies ! For us he bears the sultry day , And stores up all our winter hay ; He sows , he reaps the ...
Sida 31
... doth rise ; Then to come , in spite of sorrow , And at my window bid good morrow , Through the sweet - briar , or the vine , Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock , with lively din , Scatters th ' rear of darkness thin ; And to the ...
... doth rise ; Then to come , in spite of sorrow , And at my window bid good morrow , Through the sweet - briar , or the vine , Or the twisted eglantine : While the cock , with lively din , Scatters th ' rear of darkness thin ; And to the ...
Sida 33
... doth sing ; And the waters murmuring , With such concert as they keep , Entice the dewy - feather'd sleep ; And let some strange mysterious dream Wave at his wings in airy stream Of lively portraiture display'd , Softly on my eyelids ...
... doth sing ; And the waters murmuring , With such concert as they keep , Entice the dewy - feather'd sleep ; And let some strange mysterious dream Wave at his wings in airy stream Of lively portraiture display'd , Softly on my eyelids ...
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... doth shew , And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain— These pleasures , Melancholy , give , And I with thee will choose to live . MILTON . Peace of Mind secured . THE solid joys ...
... doth shew , And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain— These pleasures , Melancholy , give , And I with thee will choose to live . MILTON . Peace of Mind secured . THE solid joys ...
Sida 46
... and triumph , and domain and pomp , And ease and luxury ! O luxury ! Bane of elated life , of affluent states , What dreary change , what ruin is not thine ! How doth thy bowl intoxicate the mind ! To the 46 THE RUINS OF ROME .
... and triumph , and domain and pomp , And ease and luxury ! O luxury ! Bane of elated life , of affluent states , What dreary change , what ruin is not thine ! How doth thy bowl intoxicate the mind ! To the 46 THE RUINS OF ROME .
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ADAM AND EVE beauty beneath bird blessings blest BRAMBLE breast breath bright Charity charms cheerful Church churchyard clouds Communion of Saint cricket cried Cumnor Hall dead dear death doth dreadful E'en earth Edmonton ev'ry eyes fair fall Father William feel Field-Mouse flow'rs Gelert Gilpin glory grace Grongar Hill grove hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heav'n heav'nly holy human Hymn John Gilpin light Llewellyn Lord Lycidas mind morn murmur nature's ne'er never night o'er pain peace Pleas'd pleasure poor blind pow'r praise pray pride proud rill rise SALISBURY CATHEDRAL shade SHAKSPEARE shew shine sight sing Sir John Moore skies sleep smile soft song soon sorrow soul sound spirit sun shines bright sweet thee thine thing thou thought thyself toil tow'r truth Twas voice wand'ring wild wind wings wond'rous wyll youth
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Sida 31 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Sida 114 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Sida 51 - Await alike the inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Sida 56 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Sida 55 - The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Sida 92 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Sida 18 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn.
Sida 52 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Sida 17 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
Sida 76 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.