A Collection of PoemsJ.Hughs, for] R.and J.Dodsley, 1758 |
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... nations have confpir'd her fall , Her trench the fea , and fleets her floating wall ; Defenceless barks , her pow'rful navy near , Have only waves and hurricanes to fear . } What What bold invader , or what land opprefs'd Hath not [ 10 ]
... nations have confpir'd her fall , Her trench the fea , and fleets her floating wall ; Defenceless barks , her pow'rful navy near , Have only waves and hurricanes to fear . } What What bold invader , or what land opprefs'd Hath not [ 10 ]
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... fear no more , But pleas'd fee Dunkirk , now a guiltless shore . In vain great Neptune tore the narrow ground , And meant his waters for Britannia's bound ; Her giant Genius takes a mighty ftride , And fets his foot beyond t ...
... fear no more , But pleas'd fee Dunkirk , now a guiltless shore . In vain great Neptune tore the narrow ground , And meant his waters for Britannia's bound ; Her giant Genius takes a mighty ftride , And fets his foot beyond t ...
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... ; Mistaken zealots shall with fear behold , And beg admittance in our facred fold ; On her own works the pious Queen shall smile , And turn her cares upon her fav'rite isle . I So So the keen bolt a warrior angel aims , Array'd [ 18 ]
... ; Mistaken zealots shall with fear behold , And beg admittance in our facred fold ; On her own works the pious Queen shall smile , And turn her cares upon her fav'rite isle . I So So the keen bolt a warrior angel aims , Array'd [ 18 ]
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... fear alarms , When pain diftreffes , or when pleasure charms , In filent whifp'rings purer thoughts impart , And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before , ' Till blifs fhall join , nor ...
... fear alarms , When pain diftreffes , or when pleasure charms , In filent whifp'rings purer thoughts impart , And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before , ' Till blifs fhall join , nor ...
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... fear to meet him there . AN XXXXXXX IMITATION OF THE PROPHECY OF NEREUS . A From HORACE , Book III . Ode XXV . Dicam infigne , recens , adhuc Indictum ore alio . Non fecus in jugis Exfomnis fuper Evias , Hebrum profpiciens , & nive ...
... fear to meet him there . AN XXXXXXX IMITATION OF THE PROPHECY OF NEREUS . A From HORACE , Book III . Ode XXV . Dicam infigne , recens , adhuc Indictum ore alio . Non fecus in jugis Exfomnis fuper Evias , Hebrum profpiciens , & nive ...
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Términos y frases comunes
æther becauſe beneath bleffings bleft boaſt bofom breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms diftant dreadful eaſe endleſs Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe fair falfe fame fate fatire fecret feem fenfe fhades fhall fhew fhine fhould fhun fide filent fing firſt fkies flain fmiles foes fome fons foon foul ftands ftill ftreams fuch fwell Gaul grace Grongar Hill happineſs heart heav'n houſe joys juft kings lefs loft lyre mind moſt Mufe muft muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud publick purſue quid rage raiſe reaſon reft rife riſe ſcene ſchemes ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſweet taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro tow'rs uſe virtue whofe Whoſe wife wiſh wou'd youth
Pasajes populares
Página 216 - Below me trees unnumbered rise, Beautiful in various dyes: The gloomy pine, the poplar blue, The yellow beech, the sable yew, The slender fir that taper grows, The sturdy oak with broad-spread boughs.
Página 202 - The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 194 - This, only this, provokes the snarling Muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways.
Página 326 - And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Página 187 - But all whom hunger spares, with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead.
Página 200 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. His pow'rful strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the breast.
Página 325 - Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As musing slow I hail Thy genial loved return. For when thy folding-star * arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
Página 23 - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd ; or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven...
Página 25 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Página 140 - Invite, and contemplation aid: Here nymphs from hollow oaks relate The dark decrees and will of fate, And dreams beneath the spreading beech Inspire, and docile fancy teach; While soft as breezy breath of wind, Impulses rustle through the mind: Here Dryads, scorning Phoebus