A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, 4. kötetRobert Dodsley J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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5. oldal
... wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool fequefter'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way . VARIATIONS . The thought ! efs world to Majefty may bow , Exalt the brave , and idolize fuccefs ; But more to innocence ...
... wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool fequefter'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenor of their way . VARIATIONS . The thought ! efs world to Majefty may bow , Exalt the brave , and idolize fuccefs ; But more to innocence ...
7. oldal
... wish to be remembered by our " friends after our death , in the fame manner as when alive we wished " to be remembered by them in our abfence : this would be expreffed " clearer , if the metaphorical term fires was rejected , and the ...
... wish to be remembered by our " friends after our death , in the fame manner as when alive we wished " to be remembered by them in our abfence : this would be expreffed " clearer , if the metaphorical term fires was rejected , and the ...
81. oldal
... wish , but cannot speak . And could I speak with eloquence and ease , " Till now not tedious of the art to please , Could I , at woman , who so oft exclaim , Expose ( nor blufh ) thy triumph and my shame , companion of Cobham ...
... wish , but cannot speak . And could I speak with eloquence and ease , " Till now not tedious of the art to please , Could I , at woman , who so oft exclaim , Expose ( nor blufh ) thy triumph and my shame , companion of Cobham ...
83. oldal
... wish were amply crown'd , Love foon would cease to smile where Fortune frown'd : Then would thy foul my fond confent deplore , And blame what it folicited before ; Thy own exhausted would reproach my truth , And fay I had undone thy ...
... wish were amply crown'd , Love foon would cease to smile where Fortune frown'd : Then would thy foul my fond confent deplore , And blame what it folicited before ; Thy own exhausted would reproach my truth , And fay I had undone thy ...
88. oldal
... wishes find , Be to the wretch , though not the mistress , kind ; Nor whilst I court my melancholy state , Forget ' twas love , and thee , that wrought my fate . Without restraint habituate to range The paths of pleasure , can I bear ...
... wishes find , Be to the wretch , though not the mistress , kind ; Nor whilst I court my melancholy state , Forget ' twas love , and thee , that wrought my fate . Without restraint habituate to range The paths of pleasure , can I bear ...
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6. oldal - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
160. oldal - LET observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
6. oldal - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
169. oldal - 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 ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
269. oldal - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
271. oldal - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
8. oldal - Tis folly to be wise. HYMN TO ADVERSITY DAUGHTER of Jove, relentless power, Thou tamer of the human breast, Whose iron scourge and torturing hour The bad affright, afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to taste of pain, And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before, unpitied and alone. When...
373. oldal - To visit some far distant shrine, If he bear but a relique away, Is happy, nor heard to repine. Thus, widely remov'd from the fair, Where my vows, my devotion I owe ; Soft hope is the relique I bear, And my solace wherever I go.
374. oldal - twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, she averr'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young ; And I lov'd her the more, when I heard Such tenderness fall from her tongue.
164. oldal - Where'er he turns, he meets a stranger's eye, His suppliants scorn him, and his followers fly; Now drops at once the pride of awful state, The golden canopy, the glitt'ring plate, The regal palace, the luxurious board, 115 The liv'ried army, and the menial lord.