The temple of Apollo, being a selection of the best poems, from the most esteem'd authors, by W. Hodgson1800 |
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... breathing , by the daisy'd plains , By the mix'd mufic of the warbling woods , And jovial roundelays of nymphs and swains ; In thy full energy , and rich array , Delight of earth and heaven ! O bleffed MAY ! From heav'n defcend to earth ...
... breathing , by the daisy'd plains , By the mix'd mufic of the warbling woods , And jovial roundelays of nymphs and swains ; In thy full energy , and rich array , Delight of earth and heaven ! O bleffed MAY ! From heav'n defcend to earth ...
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... breath the spring exhales . All as the phoenix in Arabian skies , New - burnish'd from his fpicy funeral pyres , At large , in rofeal undulation flies ; Ilis plumage dazzles and the gazer tires : Around their king the plumy nations wait ...
... breath the spring exhales . All as the phoenix in Arabian skies , New - burnish'd from his fpicy funeral pyres , At large , in rofeal undulation flies ; Ilis plumage dazzles and the gazer tires : Around their king the plumy nations wait ...
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... breathing dale : The dale , the fountains , birds and woods delight , The vales , the mountains , and the spring invite , Yet , unadorn'd by MAY , no longer charm the fight . When nature laughs around , fhall man alone , Thy image ...
... breathing dale : The dale , the fountains , birds and woods delight , The vales , the mountains , and the spring invite , Yet , unadorn'd by MAY , no longer charm the fight . When nature laughs around , fhall man alone , Thy image ...
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... breath'd vows , the dear excefs of joy ; Or harmless giggle of the youths and maids , Who yield obeifance to the Cyprian boy : Or lute , foft - fighing in the paffing gale ; Or fountain , gurgling down the facred vale , Or hymn to ...
... breath'd vows , the dear excefs of joy ; Or harmless giggle of the youths and maids , Who yield obeifance to the Cyprian boy : Or lute , foft - fighing in the paffing gale ; Or fountain , gurgling down the facred vale , Or hymn to ...
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... breath inform'd the quill : Pipe on , of lovers the most loving swain ! Of blifs and melody , O take thy fill ! Ne envy I , if dear IANTHE fmile , Though low my numbers , and though rude my ftyle ; Ne quit for Acidale , fair Albion's ...
... breath inform'd the quill : Pipe on , of lovers the most loving swain ! Of blifs and melody , O take thy fill ! Ne envy I , if dear IANTHE fmile , Though low my numbers , and though rude my ftyle ; Ne quit for Acidale , fair Albion's ...
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Page 27 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 190 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 27 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 190 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 123 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Page 82 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 45 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 59 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 23 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page 119 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...