Juvenile poemsA. Millar, 1757 |
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Page xxii
... whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best most musically ...
... whofe numbers glide along So fmooth , no thought e'er interrupts the fong : Laboriously enervate they appear , And write not to the head , but to the ear : Our minds unmov'd and unconcern'd they lull , And are at best most musically ...
Page xxxi
... Whofe dull brown Naiads ever fleep in mud . Yet here Content can dwell , and learned Eafe , A Friend delight me , and an Author please ; Ev'n here I fing , when POPE fupplies the theme , Shew my own love , tho ' not increase his fame ...
... Whofe dull brown Naiads ever fleep in mud . Yet here Content can dwell , and learned Eafe , A Friend delight me , and an Author please ; Ev'n here I fing , when POPE fupplies the theme , Shew my own love , tho ' not increase his fame ...
Page xxxvii
... whofe alter'd state Has felt the worst severity of Fate : Not that Barbarian hands her Fafces broke , And bow'd her haughty neck beneath their yoke ; Nor that her palaces to earth are thrown , Her Cities defert , and her fields unfown ...
... whofe alter'd state Has felt the worst severity of Fate : Not that Barbarian hands her Fafces broke , And bow'd her haughty neck beneath their yoke ; Nor that her palaces to earth are thrown , Her Cities defert , and her fields unfown ...
Page xxxviii
... whofe exploits I fung ; Brave , yet refin'd , for Arms and Arts renown'd , With diff'rent bays by Mars and Phoebus crown'd , Dauntless oppofers of Tyrannic Sway , But pleas'd , a mild AUGUSTUS to obey . If thefe commands fubmiffive thou ...
... whofe exploits I fung ; Brave , yet refin'd , for Arms and Arts renown'd , With diff'rent bays by Mars and Phoebus crown'd , Dauntless oppofers of Tyrannic Sway , But pleas'd , a mild AUGUSTUS to obey . If thefe commands fubmiffive thou ...
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... whofe Nymphs in ev'ry grace excel ; 95 Bleft Nymphs , whofe Swains those graces fing fo well ! Now rife , and hafte to yonder woodbine bow'rs , Å foft retreat from fudden vernal show'rs ; The turf with rural dainties fhall be crown'd ...
... whofe Nymphs in ev'ry grace excel ; 95 Bleft Nymphs , whofe Swains those graces fing fo well ! Now rife , and hafte to yonder woodbine bow'rs , Å foft retreat from fudden vernal show'rs ; The turf with rural dainties fhall be crown'd ...
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Page 84 - HAPPY the man whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground ; Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire ; Whose trees in Summer yield him shade, In Winter fire.
Page 187 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts the sky...
Page 50 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 44 - On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods.
Page 171 - Then gay Ideas crowd the vacant brain, While Peers, and Dukes, and all their sweeping train, And Garters, Stars, and Coronets appear...
Page xv - All that is left us is to recommend our productions by the imitation of the ancients ; and it will be found true that, in every age, the highest character for sense and learning has been obtained by those who have been most indebted to them.
Page 112 - She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For, as in bodies, thus in souls we find, What wants in blood and spirits, swell'd with wind : Pride, where wit fails, steps in to our defence, And fills up all the mighty void of sense.
Page 119 - The manners, passions, unities, what not? All which, exact to rule, were brought about, Were but a combat in the lists left out. "What! leave the combat out?" exclaims the knight; Yes, or we must renounce the Stagirite. "Not so, by Heaven" (he answers in a rage), "Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the stage.
Page 177 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...
Page 211 - What though no friends in sable weeds appear, Grieve for an hour, perhaps, then mourn a year, And bear about the mockery of woe To midnight dances, and the public show?