Bell's Edition, 99-100. kötetJ. Bell, 1793 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 40 találatból.
i. oldal
... strain . I saw him faint ! I saw him sink to rest ! Like one ordain'd to swell the vulgar throng ; As tho ' the Virtues had not warm'd his breast , As tho ' the Muses not inspir'd his tongue . LONDON : ELEGY III . FRINTED FOR JOHN BELL ...
... strain . I saw him faint ! I saw him sink to rest ! Like one ordain'd to swell the vulgar throng ; As tho ' the Virtues had not warm'd his breast , As tho ' the Muses not inspir'd his tongue . LONDON : ELEGY III . FRINTED FOR JOHN BELL ...
xxiii. oldal
... strains we call , " But listen to the water's fall . Would you then taste our tranquil scene , " Be sure your bosoms be serene , " Devoid of hate , devoid of strife , Devoid of all that poisons life ; " And much it ' vails you in their ...
... strains we call , " But listen to the water's fall . Would you then taste our tranquil scene , " Be sure your bosoms be serene , " Devoid of hate , devoid of strife , Devoid of all that poisons life ; " And much it ' vails you in their ...
xxix. oldal
... strains , and tune thine own . " On the bank above it , amid the fore - mentioned shrubs , is a statue of the piping Faun , which not on- ly embellishes this scene , but is also seen from the court before the house , and from other ...
... strains , and tune thine own . " On the bank above it , amid the fore - mentioned shrubs , is a statue of the piping Faun , which not on- ly embellishes this scene , but is also seen from the court before the house , and from other ...
xlii. oldal
... strains ; Pan from impending harm the fold defends , And Pan the master of the fold befriends . I EXPLANATION . O glory of the fylvan scene divine ! he would certainly wish to swim in it . Suffice * lii A DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASOWES .
... strains ; Pan from impending harm the fold defends , And Pan the master of the fold befriends . I EXPLANATION . O glory of the fylvan scene divine ! he would certainly wish to swim in it . Suffice * lii A DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASOWES .
lxi. oldal
... strains With hymns , like those by tuneful Meyrick sung- Or rather catch the melancholy sounds From Warton's reed , or Mason's lyre -- to paint The sudden gloom that damps my soul - But see ! Melpomene herself has snatch'd the pipe With ...
... strains With hymns , like those by tuneful Meyrick sung- Or rather catch the melancholy sounds From Warton's reed , or Mason's lyre -- to paint The sudden gloom that damps my soul - But see ! Melpomene herself has snatch'd the pipe With ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
azure ray bard beauty Beauty mourns beeches beneath bless'd bliss bloom boast bosom bow'r breast Carthage charms Clent hill crown'd cry'd Damon dear Delia delight ELEGY Ev'n ev'ry Exeter Exchange fair faithless fame Fancy Fate Faunus favour'd flame flow'rs flows fond form'd Fortune friendship gen'rous genius gentle glow grace ground grove hanging wood hear hill IMITATION lawn Leasowes lov'd LUXBOROUGH lyre maid mind mournful Muse Naiad native ne'er numbers nymph o'er oaks pain paint path peace pensive plain pleas'd pleasing pleasure poison'd polish'd pow'r praise pride rills rose rove rural scene scorn seat shade Shenstone shepherd shine Shropshire shrubs sigh skies smile soft song soul strain stray'd stream swain sweet tear tender thee thine thou thro toils tow'ring trees tuneful Twas vale valley verdant vernal verse virtue weep wild WILLIAM SHENSTONE winding wood youth
Népszerű szakaszok
45. oldal - COME listen to my mournful tale. Ye tender hearts, and lovers dear ; Nor will you scorn to heave a sigh, Nor will you blush to shed a tear. And thou, dear Kitty, peerless maid, Do thou a pensive ear incline ; For thou canst weep at every woe, And pity every plaint, but mine. Young Dawson was a gallant...
189. 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.
165. oldal - For she was just, and friend to virtuous lore, And pass'd much time in truly virtuous deed ; And, in those elfins...
167. oldal - But ah ! what pen his piteous plight may trace ? Or what device his loud laments explain ? The form uncouth of his disguised face ? The pallid hue that dyes his looks amain ? The plenteous shower that does his cheek distain?
167. oldal - She meditates a prayer to set him free; Nor gentle pardon could this dame deny, (If gentle pardon could with dames agree,) To her sad grief that swells in either eye, And wrings her so that all for pity she could die.
163. oldal - And if neglect had lavish'd on the ground Fragment of bread, she would collect the same ; For well she knew, and quaintly could expound, What sin it were to waste...
184. oldal - With the lilac to render it gay ! Already it calls for my love, To prune the wild branches away.
183. oldal - My banks they are furnished with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep; My grottoes are shaded with trees, And my hills are white over with sheep.
170. oldal - Heaven shield their short-lived pastimes, I implore ! For well may freedom erst so dearly won, Appear to British elf more gladsome than the sun.
xviii. oldal - ... to country solitudes, and sought his happiness in rural employments, has a right to consider himself as a real shepherd. The flocks, the meadows, and the grottos, are his own, and the embellishment of his farm his sole amusement. As the sentiments, therefore, were inspired by Nature, and that in the earlier part of his life, he hopes they will retain a natural appearance; diffusing at least some part of that amusement which he freely acknowledges he received from the composition of them.