Specimens of the British Poets ...W. Suttaby, 1809 |
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47. oldal
... The cause why he this Fly so maliced Was ( as in stories it is written found ) For that his mother which him bore and bred , The most fine fingred workwoman on ground , Arachne , by his means was vanquished Of Pallas , SPENSER .
... The cause why he this Fly so maliced Was ( as in stories it is written found ) For that his mother which him bore and bred , The most fine fingred workwoman on ground , Arachne , by his means was vanquished Of Pallas , SPENSER .
48. oldal
British poets. Arachne , by his means was vanquished Of Pallas , and in her own skill confound , When she with her for excellence contended , That wrought her shame , and sorrow never ended . For the Tritonian goddess , having heard Her ...
British poets. Arachne , by his means was vanquished Of Pallas , and in her own skill confound , When she with her for excellence contended , That wrought her shame , and sorrow never ended . For the Tritonian goddess , having heard Her ...
49. oldal
... Pallas , such as Envy pale , That all good things with venemous tooth devours , Could not accuse . Then ' gan the goddess bright Her self likewise unto her work to dight . She made the story of the old debate Which she with Neptune did ...
... Pallas , such as Envy pale , That all good things with venemous tooth devours , Could not accuse . Then ' gan the goddess bright Her self likewise unto her work to dight . She made the story of the old debate Which she with Neptune did ...
50. oldal
... Pallas she attempted , She grew to hideous shape of drerihed , Pined with grief of folly late repented : Eftsoons her white strait legs were altered To crooked crawling shanks , of marrow empted , And her fair face to foul and loathsom ...
... Pallas she attempted , She grew to hideous shape of drerihed , Pined with grief of folly late repented : Eftsoons her white strait legs were altered To crooked crawling shanks , of marrow empted , And her fair face to foul and loathsom ...
242. oldal
... Pallas sets the captive free . Beware , ye Debtors ! when ye walk , beware , Be circumspect ; oft with insidious ken This caitiff eyes your steps aloof , and oft Lies perdue in a nook or gloomy cave , Prompt to enchant some inadvertent ...
... Pallas sets the captive free . Beware , ye Debtors ! when ye walk , beware , Be circumspect ; oft with insidious ken This caitiff eyes your steps aloof , and oft Lies perdue in a nook or gloomy cave , Prompt to enchant some inadvertent ...
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Arachne azure rays beauteous beauty birds breast breath bright Castara charms Corydon crown'd Cupid dear death delight dight doth e'er earth eccho ring eyes face fair fame fancy fate fear flame flowers gentle GEORGE GASCOIGNE give goddess golden goodly grace grief ground hand happy hast hath head hear heart heaven heavenly Hecat's honour Hymen Jove king kiss light live lov'd love's lovely band lover Lubberkin lute lyre maid mighty mind Muse ne'er never night numbers Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er Pallas passion pity pleasures poets praise pride rage rose shade shepherd shine sighs sight sing sleep smile soft SONG SONNETS sorrow soul spide sung swain sweet tears Tell Tereu thee thine things thou art thou dost thought Twas unto vermil virtue wanton ween Whilst wind wings woods youth
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216. oldal - Jubal struck the chorded shell, His listening brethren stood around, And, wondering, on their faces fell, To worship that celestial sound. Less than a God they thought there could not dwell Within the hollow of that shell, That spoke so sweetly and so well.
183. oldal - Hermes, or unsphere The spirit of Plato, to unfold What worlds or what vast regions hold, The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook...
38. oldal - There will we sit upon the rocks And see the shepherds feed their flocks, By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals.
18. oldal - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted...
40. oldal - Say to the court, it glows, And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and doth no good. If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction.
210. oldal - TwAS at the royal feast for Persia won By Philip's warlike son: Aloft in awful state The godlike hero sate On his imperial throne...
190. oldal - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish...
216. oldal - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
182. oldal - Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Aye round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens takes his pleasure; But first, and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation...
223. oldal - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.