Poems on Various Subjects; Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue: And with a View to Comprise in One Volume the Beauties of English Poetry. By Thomas TomkinsJ. Wallis, 1782 - 204 pages |
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... glow Which taught the holy tear to flow , When the prophetic eye furvey'd Sion in future ashes laid ! Or , rais'd to heaven , implor'd the bread That thousands in the defart fed ! Or , when the heart o'er friendship's grave Sigh'd and ...
... glow Which taught the holy tear to flow , When the prophetic eye furvey'd Sion in future ashes laid ! Or , rais'd to heaven , implor'd the bread That thousands in the defart fed ! Or , when the heart o'er friendship's grave Sigh'd and ...
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... glows : Drooping o'er its infant bud , Not a dew - drop's left the rofe . XI . By the brook the shepherd dines , From the fierce meridian heat Shelter'd by the branching pines , Pendent o'er his graffy feat . XII . Now the flock ...
... glows : Drooping o'er its infant bud , Not a dew - drop's left the rofe . XI . By the brook the shepherd dines , From the fierce meridian heat Shelter'd by the branching pines , Pendent o'er his graffy feat . XII . Now the flock ...
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... glow'd A deadly pale o'ercaft : So fades the fresh rofe in its prime , Before the northern blaft . XVI . The parents now , with late remorse , Hung o'er his dying bed ; And weary'd Heaven with fruitless vows , And fruitlefs forrow fhed ...
... glow'd A deadly pale o'ercaft : So fades the fresh rofe in its prime , Before the northern blaft . XVI . The parents now , with late remorse , Hung o'er his dying bed ; And weary'd Heaven with fruitless vows , And fruitlefs forrow fhed ...
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... glow , And grazing flocks their milky fleeces fhow ; The barren , cliffs with chalky fronts arise , And a pure azure arches o'er the skies . But when the gloomy reign of Night returns , Stript of her fading pride , all Nature mourns ...
... glow , And grazing flocks their milky fleeces fhow ; The barren , cliffs with chalky fronts arise , And a pure azure arches o'er the skies . But when the gloomy reign of Night returns , Stript of her fading pride , all Nature mourns ...
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... glow'd in ev'ry vein : Methought applauding angels fung my name , And heaven's unfullied glories gilt the fane . This temporary transport foon expir'd , " My drooping heart confefs'd a dreadful void : E'er fince , alas ! abandon'd ...
... glow'd in ev'ry vein : Methought applauding angels fung my name , And heaven's unfullied glories gilt the fane . This temporary transport foon expir'd , " My drooping heart confefs'd a dreadful void : E'er fince , alas ! abandon'd ...
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æther beauty beſt bleffings blifs bloom bofom breaſt breath charms dear defcends delight e'er eafe eternal frame ev'ry facred fafe fair fate fcenes fecret feek fenfe ferene fhade fhall fhepherd figh filent filver fing fkies fleep flow flow'rs fmiling foft folemn fome fong fons footh forrow foul fpread friendſhip ftars ftill ftream fuch fung fwain fweet gay nature glory glow grace grove happineſs heart heav'n heav'nly houfe hour laft laſt luftre lyre mind moffy morn moſt mourn mufic nature's ne'er night nymph o'er paffions pain Palemon peace pity pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride reft reſt rife rofe ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkies ſky ſmiling ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtorms ſtrain tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand touch of joy trembling tunes vale virtue voice whofe whoſe youth