The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 53-54. kötetSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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33. oldal
... Should tuft thy fields . Applaud not the remifs Dimetians † , who , along their mofly dales , D Con- Malvern , a high ridge of hills near Worcester . Dimetia , Caermarthenshire in South Wales . . Confume , like grafshoppers , the fummer ...
... Should tuft thy fields . Applaud not the remifs Dimetians † , who , along their mofly dales , D Con- Malvern , a high ridge of hills near Worcester . Dimetia , Caermarthenshire in South Wales . . Confume , like grafshoppers , the fummer ...
52. oldal
... should rise ! " May the sweet nightingale on yonder spray , " May this clear ftream , these lawns , thofe fnow - white " lambs , " Which , with a pretty innocence of look , " Skip on the green , and race in little troops ; " May that ...
... should rise ! " May the sweet nightingale on yonder spray , " May this clear ftream , these lawns , thofe fnow - white " lambs , " Which , with a pretty innocence of look , " Skip on the green , and race in little troops ; " May that ...
61. oldal
... Should turn and moulder for the bearded grain ; Pernicious habit , drawing gradual on Increasing beggary , and Nature's : frowns . Add too , the idle pilferer easier there Eludes detection , when a lamb or ewe From intermingled flocks ...
... Should turn and moulder for the bearded grain ; Pernicious habit , drawing gradual on Increasing beggary , and Nature's : frowns . Add too , the idle pilferer easier there Eludes detection , when a lamb or ewe From intermingled flocks ...
100. oldal
... Should we fubmit our limits , while each wind Affifts the ftream and fail , and the wide main Wooes us in every port ? See Belgium build , Upon the foodful brine , her envy'd power ; And , half her people floating on the wave , Expand ...
... Should we fubmit our limits , while each wind Affifts the ftream and fail , and the wide main Wooes us in every port ? See Belgium build , Upon the foodful brine , her envy'd power ; And , half her people floating on the wave , Expand ...
137. oldal
... should defign them fo and fo . TO AARON HILL , ESQ ; On his POEM called GIDEON . ELL me , wondrous friend , where were you TE When Gideon was your lofty fong ! Where did the heavenly spirit bear you , When your fair foul reflected ...
... should defign them fo and fo . TO AARON HILL , ESQ ; On his POEM called GIDEON . ELL me , wondrous friend , where were you TE When Gideon was your lofty fong ! Where did the heavenly spirit bear you , When your fair foul reflected ...
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afcend Amyntor behold beneath bleft blifs bloom bofom breaſt charms chearful clime clouds diftant elegy erft Ev'n facred fafe fair fame fate fcene fcorn fecure feen fenfe fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhore fhould figh filent fing firſt fkies flame fleece fleep flow flowers fmile foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul friendſhip ftill ftrain fuch fure fwains fweet fwell grace grove hand heart heaven hill himſelf laft laſt lefs loft lov'd lyre maid moſt mournful Mufe muft Muſe muſt nymph o'er paffion plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praiſe pride raiſe reafon rife rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſky ſmile ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtep ſtream ſweet tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand toil Twas vafe vale virtue wave whofe whoſe wild wind wonder youth
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4. oldal - But transient is the smile of Fate ! A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter's day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.
6. oldal - I lie ; While the wanton Zephyr sings. And in the vale perfumes his wings ; While the waters murmur deep ; While the shepherd charms his sheep; While the birds unbounded fly, And with music fill the sky, Now, ev'n now. my joys run high.
160. oldal - Alas ! from the day that we met What hope of an end to my woes ? When I cannot endure to forget The glance that undid my repose. Yet time may diminish the pain : The flower, and the shrub, and the tree, Which I rear'd for her pleasure in vain, In time may have comfort for me.
158. oldal - Thus glide the foft numbers along, And he fancies no fhepherd his peer ; Yet I never mould envy the fong, Were not PHYLLIS to lend it an ear. Let his crook be with hyacinths bound, So PHYLLIS the trophy defpife ; Let his forehead with laurels be crown'd, So they fhine not in PHYLLIS'S eyes.
155. oldal - Not a pine in my grove is there seen, But with tendrils of woodbine is bound; Not a beech's more beautiful green. But a sweet-briar entwines it around. Not my fields in the prime of the year, More charms than my cattle unfold; Not a brook that is limpid and clear, But it glitters with fishes of gold.
158. oldal - Tis his with mock passion to glow, Tis his in smooth tales to unfold, " How her face is as bright as the snow, And her bosom, be sure, is as cold. How the nightingales labour the strain, With the notes of his charmer to vie; How they vary their accents in vain, Repine at her triumphs, and die.
34. oldal - Not fcience fhall extort that dear delight, Which gay delufion gave the tender mind. Adieu foft raptures ! tranfports void of care ! Parent of raptures, dear deceit, adieu! And you, her daughters, pining with defpair, Why, why fo foon her fleeting fteps purfue ! Tedious again to curfe the...
287. oldal - Twas her own country bred the flock so fair; 'Twas her own labour did the fleece prepare...
160. oldal - CORYDON'S theme : High tranfports are fhewn to the fight, But we are not to find them our own ; Fate never beftow'd fuch delight, As I with my PHYLLIS had known.
287. oldal - Goody, good-woman, gossip, n'aunt, forsooth, Or dame, the sole additions she did hear; Yet these she challenged, these she held right dear ; Ne would esteem him act as mought behove Who should not honour'd eld with these revere ; For never title yet so mean could prove, But there was eke a mind which did that title love.