A Collection of Poems: In Six Volumes, Volumen1J. Hughs, 1765 |
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... Such temper'd fire with manly beauty join'd , Doubt if they're thofe , whom dreadful to the view In forms fo fierce their fearful fancies drew , At whofe dire names ten thousand widows prefs'd Their helpless orphans clinging to the ...
... Such temper'd fire with manly beauty join'd , Doubt if they're thofe , whom dreadful to the view In forms fo fierce their fearful fancies drew , At whofe dire names ten thousand widows prefs'd Their helpless orphans clinging to the ...
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... Such dire atchievements fings the bard that tells Of palfrey'd dames , bold knights , and magic spells ; Where whole brigades one champion's arms o'erthrow , And cleave a giant at a random blow ; Slay panyms vile , that force the fair ...
... Such dire atchievements fings the bard that tells Of palfrey'd dames , bold knights , and magic spells ; Where whole brigades one champion's arms o'erthrow , And cleave a giant at a random blow ; Slay panyms vile , that force the fair ...
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... Such as on Landen bleeding Ormond bore , Or fet young Ammon on the Granic fhore ; If chance a gen'rous steed the work behold , He fnorts , he neighs , he champs the foamy gold : So , Hocftet seen , tumultuous paffions roll , And hints ...
... Such as on Landen bleeding Ormond bore , Or fet young Ammon on the Granic fhore ; If chance a gen'rous steed the work behold , He fnorts , he neighs , he champs the foamy gold : So , Hocftet seen , tumultuous paffions roll , And hints ...
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... Such are the honours grateful Britain pays , So patriots merit , and fo monarchs praise . O'er diftant times fuch records fhall prevail , When English numbers , antiquated , fail : } A trifling A trifling fong the Mufe can only yield ...
... Such are the honours grateful Britain pays , So patriots merit , and fo monarchs praise . O'er diftant times fuch records fhall prevail , When English numbers , antiquated , fail : } A trifling A trifling fong the Mufe can only yield ...
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... Such be thy life . O fince the glorious rage That fir'd thy youth , flames unfubdu'd by age ; Though wealth nor fame now touch thy fated mind , Still tinge the canvas , bounteous to mankind . Since after thee may rise an impious line ...
... Such be thy life . O fince the glorious rage That fir'd thy youth , flames unfubdu'd by age ; Though wealth nor fame now touch thy fated mind , Still tinge the canvas , bounteous to mankind . Since after thee may rise an impious line ...
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Términos y frases comunes
æther becauſe beneath beſt bleffings bleft boaſt breaſt Britiſh charms defire diftant eaſe endleſs Engliſh Ev'n eyes facred fafe fair falſe fame fate fecret feem fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhun fide filent fing firſt fkies flain fmile foes foft fome fons foon foul fpring ftill fuch fweet Gaul grace Grongar Hill happineſs heart heav'n houſe joys juſt kings laſt leaſt lefs loft mind moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er nymph o'er paffion pain pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride proud purſue quæ quid rage raiſe reafon reſt rife riſe ſcene ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhine ſhould ſkies ſkill ſmile ſome ſpeak Spleen ſpread ſtage ſtands ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſtrive ſtrong ſweet taſte thee theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tow'rs Unleſs uſe virtue whofe Whoſe wife wiſh youth
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Página 260 - While partial Fame doth with her blasts adorn Such deeds alone as pride and pomp disguise; Deeds of ill sort, and mischievous emprize...
Página 30 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Página 215 - 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 231 - Grongar Hill Silent nymph! with curious eye Who the purple evening lie On the mountain's lonely van Beyond the noise of busy man, Painting fair the form of things...
Página 209 - 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 261 - ... green, On which the tribe their gambols do display ; And at the door...
Página 217 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 131 - To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen, Some recommend the bowling-green ; Some, hilly walks ; all, exercise ; Fling but a stone, the giant dies. Laugh and be well. Monkeys have been Extreme good doctors for the Spleen ; And kitten, if the humour hit, Has harlequin'd away the fit.
Página 234 - That cast an awful look below ; Whose ragged walls the ivy creeps, And with her arms from falling keeps : So both a safety from the wind On mutual dependence find. 'Tis now the raven's bleak abode ; Tis now th...
Página 265 - On thee she calls, on thee her parent dear! . . (Ah ! too remote to ward the shameful blow!) She sees no kind domestic visage near, And soon a flood of tears begins to flow ; And gives a loose at last to unavailing woe.