Miscellaneous Poems: By Several HandsDavid Lewis J. Watts, 1726 - 320 páginas |
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... Peace , whilft roaring Tempests fleep , Smooths the Wrinkles of the Deep . The Sun , which late fhone out from high Feebly thro ' the frozen Sky , Now rejoyces to display All the Majesty of Day . Men are ravish'd with the Scene ...
... Peace , whilft roaring Tempests fleep , Smooths the Wrinkles of the Deep . The Sun , which late fhone out from high Feebly thro ' the frozen Sky , Now rejoyces to display All the Majesty of Day . Men are ravish'd with the Scene ...
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... Peace fhall crown our Dwelling , And Babes , sweet - fmiling Babes , our Bed . VII . How fhould I love the pretty Creatures , While round my Knees they fondly clung , To To see them look their Mother's Features , To hear 54 ...
... Peace fhall crown our Dwelling , And Babes , sweet - fmiling Babes , our Bed . VII . How fhould I love the pretty Creatures , While round my Knees they fondly clung , To To see them look their Mother's Features , To hear 54 ...
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... peaceful in their Corners fleep . Yet vulgar Tales this mighty Champion scare , This Foe to Shades , this Conqu'ror of the Air : Ghosts immaterial he as Dreams decries , Yet dreads their Pow'r , whofe Being he denies . The Noon - day ...
... peaceful in their Corners fleep . Yet vulgar Tales this mighty Champion scare , This Foe to Shades , this Conqu'ror of the Air : Ghosts immaterial he as Dreams decries , Yet dreads their Pow'r , whofe Being he denies . The Noon - day ...
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... III . But when bright Virtue fhines confeft , With fweet Discretion join'd ; When Mildness calms the peaceful Breast , And Wisdom guides the Mind ; IV . When IV . When Charms like thefe , dear Maid , 74 Mifcellaneous Poems : Song.
... III . But when bright Virtue fhines confeft , With fweet Discretion join'd ; When Mildness calms the peaceful Breast , And Wisdom guides the Mind ; IV . When IV . When Charms like thefe , dear Maid , 74 Mifcellaneous Poems : Song.
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... Peace . The choiceft Gifts of Providence he shares , And leaves a thousand Bleffings to his Heirs . Though now my Life has pass'd through ev'ry [ Stage , And long Experience crowns my hoary Age ; I never faw forfaken at his need The ...
... Peace . The choiceft Gifts of Providence he shares , And leaves a thousand Bleffings to his Heirs . Though now my Life has pass'd through ev'ry [ Stage , And long Experience crowns my hoary Age ; I never faw forfaken at his need The ...
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againſt antient Beauty beſtow Bleffings bleft boaſt Breaſt Cauſe Charms cloſe Cobler Courſe Death Defire Dicere diſplay e'er endleſs EPIGRAM Ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fair Fame Fate fhall fhine fhould fing firſt Flow'rs fome Fools foon ftill fuch fure fweet fwell Glories Grongar Hill Heart Heav'n Heav'nly HERBERT POWELL himſelf HORACE Houſe juft laſt Latium loft Lord Love Mind Mirth moſt Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er never Nuptial Tye Nymph o'er Ovid Paffion Pain paſs Phocis pleaſe Pleaſure Pow'r Praiſe prefent Pride Proſpect purſue quæ Rage raiſe Reaſon Reſt rife rifus riſe Rome ſay ſee ſeen ſelf Senſe ſhall ſhe Show'r thine Influence Show'r thy Graces ſhows Song Soul ſpread ſtand ſtill ſtrange Tears Teucer Thee thefe theſe thoſe Thou thouſand Thracian thro Treaſure uſe Verfe VIII Virtue whofe Whoſe Wife Wiſdom Wiſh Youth
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Página 228 - 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.
Página 228 - And see the rivers how they run, Through woods and meads, in shade and sun Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go A various journey to the deep, Like human life, to endless sleep...
Página 227 - And ancient towers crown his brow, 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 83 - So blooms the human face divine, When youth its pride of beauty shows ; Fairer than spring the colours shine, And sweeter than the virgin ros.e.
Página 42 - Why did you promise love to me, And not that promise keep? Why did you swear my eyes were bright, Yet leave those eyes to weep? " How could you say my face was fair, And yet that face forsake? How could you win my virgin heart, Yet leave that heart to break?
Página 55 - How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung ; To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue. And when with envy, time transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys.
Página 230 - 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.
Página 225 - Does the face of nature show, In all the hues of heaven's bow; And, swelling to embrace the light, Spreads around beneath the sight.
Página 226 - Gaudy as the opening dawn, Lies a long and level lawn, On which a dark hill, steep and high, Holds and charms the wandering eye! Deep are his feet in Towy's flood, His sides are cloth'd with waving wood...
Página 229 - Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view! The fountain's fall, the river's flow, The woody valleys warm and low; The windy summit, wild and high, Roughly rushing on the sky; The pleasant seat, the ruined tower, The naked rock, the shady bower; The town and village, dome and farm, Each give each a double charm, As pearls upon an Ethiop's arm.