The Works of Mr. Henry Needler: Consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Essays, and Letters. Publish'd by Mr. DuncombeJ. Watts, 1735 - 220 oldal |
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vi. oldal
... Thou didst in vain ( thought I , ) employ fo many folitary Hours in the Purfuit of Know- ledge ! Thou didst in vain rife up early , and watch ' till Midnight , in order to enrich thy Mind with the fublimeft Notions ! Thou didst i 1 1 in ...
... Thou didst in vain ( thought I , ) employ fo many folitary Hours in the Purfuit of Know- ledge ! Thou didst in vain rife up early , and watch ' till Midnight , in order to enrich thy Mind with the fublimeft Notions ! Thou didst i 1 1 in ...
vii. oldal
... thou haft no fooner obtain'd the Object of thy Wishes , but the dear Purchase is ravish'd from thee , and all thy exalted Spe- culations are fcatter'd into Air ! Surely Man is made in vain ! He reft- lefsly moves about for a few Years ...
... thou haft no fooner obtain'd the Object of thy Wishes , but the dear Purchase is ravish'd from thee , and all thy exalted Spe- culations are fcatter'd into Air ! Surely Man is made in vain ! He reft- lefsly moves about for a few Years ...
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... thou muft receive thy final Doom ; Thy noble Birth , thy Eloquence Divine , And shining Piety fhall nought encline The ftubborn Will of unrelenting Fate , To give thy fleeting Life a longer Date : Thy weak Attempts will all be found in ...
... thou muft receive thy final Doom ; Thy noble Birth , thy Eloquence Divine , And shining Piety fhall nought encline The ftubborn Will of unrelenting Fate , To give thy fleeting Life a longer Date : Thy weak Attempts will all be found in ...
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... Thou Lofs of Liberty cou'd'ft bear , Nor envy'd'ft other Birds , that range in open Air , Thee , chief Musician of her feather'd Quire , Fair Lesbia held , Thee most she did admire : Oft ' wou'd fhe praise thy fweet harmonious Lay , And ...
... Thou Lofs of Liberty cou'd'ft bear , Nor envy'd'ft other Birds , that range in open Air , Thee , chief Musician of her feather'd Quire , Fair Lesbia held , Thee most she did admire : Oft ' wou'd fhe praise thy fweet harmonious Lay , And ...
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... thou the Song which youthful Damon play'd On Yefter - Morn , beneath yon ' Poplar Shade ? THYRS I S. I did , and ftill methinks his Voice I hear With pleafing Accent founding in mine Ear ; In what foft Notes , in what a moving Strain ...
... thou the Song which youthful Damon play'd On Yefter - Morn , beneath yon ' Poplar Shade ? THYRS I S. I did , and ftill methinks his Voice I hear With pleafing Accent founding in mine Ear ; In what foft Notes , in what a moving Strain ...
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109. oldal - Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts, In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts, While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind ; But, more...
72. oldal - See! from the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings: Short is his joy; he feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground. Ah! what avail his glossy, varying dyes, His purple crest, and scarlet-circled eyes, The vivid green his shining plumes unfold, His painted wings, and breast that flames with gold?
72. oldal - How rich the Peacock ! £ what bright glories run From plume to plume, and vary in the sun ! He proudly spreads them, to the golden ray Gives all his colours, and adorns the day ; With conscious state the spacious round displays, And slowly moves amid the waving blaze.
72. oldal - While his fix'd eyeballs meet the dazzling shield, Gaze, and return the lightning of the field ! He sinks the sense of pain in generous pride, Nor feels the shaft that trembles in his side ; But neighs to the shrill trumpet's dreadful blast Till death ; and when he groans, he groans his last...
72. oldal - Tis dreadful to behold his nostrils blaze ; To paw the vale he proudly takes delight, And triumphs in the fulness of his might ; High rais'd he snuffs the battle from afar, And burns to plunge amid the raging war ; And mocks at death, and throws his foam around, And in a storm of fury shakes the ground.
73. oldal - Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
109. oldal - Th' eternal fnows appear already paft, And the firft clouds and mountains feem the laft : But, thofe attain'd, we tremble to furvey The growing labours of the lengthen'd way...
45. oldal - Contrive her waxen Cells with curious Skill, And with rich Stores of gather'd Honey fill. Hence the gay Birds, that fport in fluid Air, Soft Nefts, to lodge their callow Young, prepare, F i Rear Rear with unweari'd Toil the tender Brood, From Harms protect, and furnifh 'em with Food.
ix. oldal - I reckon that the Sufferings of this prefent " Time are not worthy to be compared with " the Glory which fhall be revealed in us " . . . Oh no, not worthy to be compared.
35. oldal - Error's worfe Difeafe You heal the Mind. No longer /hall the hardy Atheift praife Lucretius" piercing Wit and Philofophic Lays ; But, by Your Lines convinc'd and charm'd at once, His impious Tenets mall at length renounce.