Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1787 |
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21. oldal
... Delia's beauty , I must needs confess , " Is truly great , nor would I make it less ; " That where to wrong her where she merits most ; " But dragons guard the fruit , and rocks the coast ; " And who would run , that's moderately wise ...
... Delia's beauty , I must needs confess , " Is truly great , nor would I make it less ; " That where to wrong her where she merits most ; " But dragons guard the fruit , and rocks the coast ; " And who would run , that's moderately wise ...
22. oldal
... Delia has charms , Iown ; such charms would move " Old Age and frozen Impotence to love : " But do not venture where such danger lies " Avoid the sight of those victorious eyes , " Whose pois'nous rays do to the soul impart 95 ...
... Delia has charms , Iown ; such charms would move " Old Age and frozen Impotence to love : " But do not venture where such danger lies " Avoid the sight of those victorious eyes , " Whose pois'nous rays do to the soul impart 95 ...
23. oldal
... " Is difficult , but is a noble toil . 140 " The best may slip , and the most cautious fall ; 145 " He's more than mortal that ne'er err`d at all : " And tho ' fair Delia has my soul possest LOVE TRIUMPHANT OVER REASON . 23.
... " Is difficult , but is a noble toil . 140 " The best may slip , and the most cautious fall ; 145 " He's more than mortal that ne'er err`d at all : " And tho ' fair Delia has my soul possest LOVE TRIUMPHANT OVER REASON . 23.
24. oldal
... Delia has my soul possest , " I'll chase her bright idea from my breast ; " At least I'll make one essay : if I fail , " And Delia's charms o'er Reason do prevail , 150 " I may be , sure , from rigid censures free ; " Love was my foe ...
... Delia has my soul possest , " I'll chase her bright idea from my breast ; " At least I'll make one essay : if I fail , " And Delia's charms o'er Reason do prevail , 150 " I may be , sure , from rigid censures free ; " Love was my foe ...
27. oldal
... Delia ! farewell ; farewell for ever too . " Then we return'd to the delightful grove , Where Reason still dissuaded me from love . " You see , " she cry'd , " what misery attends 240 " On love , and where too frequently it ends ; " And ...
... Delia ! farewell ; farewell for ever too . " Then we return'd to the delightful grove , Where Reason still dissuaded me from love . " You see , " she cry'd , " what misery attends 240 " On love , and where too frequently it ends ; " And ...
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Achilles Amyntas arms beauteous beauty behold blefs'd breaſt bright Cephalus charms Congreve death defire Delia delight dread earth eaſe eternal Ev'n ev'ry eyes face facred faid fair fame fate fear feem fhall fhining fhould fhows fighs fing fire firft firſt flain flame flow'rs foft fome fong foon forrows ftill fuch fure give goddeſs gods grace grief heart Heav'n heav'nly himſelf honour huſband immortal Jove laft LAMENTATION lefs light live lov'd lover lyre maid mighty mind moft mortal moſt mourn Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er numbers nymph o'er Otreus paffion pain peace Phrygia Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe Priam Procris purſues raiſe ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkies ſkill soul ſtate ſtill tears tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thro Thucydides Tithonus verfe verſe vex'd weep whofe whoſe wretched youth
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23. oldal - Baboons and apes ridiculous we find; For what ? for ill refembling humankind. " None are for being what they are in fault, " But for not being what they would be thought." Thus I, dear Friend! to you my thoughts impart, As to one perfect in the Pleafing art;
145. oldal - Let not her years exceed, if equal thine, For women past their vigour soon decline. Her fortune competent; and if thy sight Can reach so far, take care 'tis gather'd right. If thine's enough, then her's may be the less: Do not aspire to riches in excess; For that which makes our lives delightful prove,
13. oldal - Give life an edge so keen, no surly care Would venture to assault my soul, or dare Near my retreat, to hide one secret snare. But so divine, so noble, a repast I'd seldom, and with moderation taste; 135
67. oldal - all that heav'n of beauty come! And muft Paftora moulder in the tomb! Ah, Death! more fierce and unrelenting far Than wildeft wolves or favage tigers are; With lambs and flieep their hungers are appeas'd, But ravenous Death the
37. oldal - he fits upon, Whofe memory of found is long fince gone, And purpofely annihilated for his throne; Beneath two foft tranfparent clouds do meet, In which he feems to fink his fofter feet; A melancholy thought, condens'd to air, Stol'n from a lover in defpair, Like a thin mantle
109. oldal - and laid his paffion ; The fhepherd ceas'd reviling, And fung this recantation. PALINODE. " How engaging, how endearing, '* Is a lover's pain and care! ** And what joy the nymph's appearing " After abfence or defpair! " Women wife increafe defiring, •* By contriving kind delays, " And advancing or retiring, " All they mean is more to pleafe.
140. oldal - A thorny bramble pricks her tender breast; In warbling melody she spends the night, And moves at once compassion and delight. No choice had e'er so happy an event But he that made it did that choice repent. So weak's our judgment, and so short's our
13. oldal - Courage to look bold Danger in the face; No fear, but only to be proud or base ; Quick to advise, by an emergence prest, 115 To give good counsel, or to take the best: I'd have th'expression of her thoughts be such, She might not seem reserv'd, nor talk too much ; That shews a want of judgment and of sense ; More than enough is but impertinence:
91. oldal - authors, too, by their fuccefs of late, Begin to think third days are out of date. What can the caufe be that our plays wont keep, Unlefs they have a rot fome years, like fheep.' For our parts, we confefs we're quite afham'd To read fuch weekly bills of poets damn'd.
112. oldal - In whom there are the least remains Of piety or fear, His tribute brings of joyful sacrifice, For pardon prays, and for protection flies: Nay, the inanimate creation give, By prompt obedience to his word, Instinctive honour to their Lord, And shame the thinking world who in