The Works of the English Poets: Parnell; A. PhilipsH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... fweet confufing blufh , the fecret wink , The gentle fwimming walk , the courteous fink ; The ftare for ftrangeness fit , for fcorn the frown ; For decent yielding , looks declining down ; The practis'd languish , where well - feign'd ...
... fweet confufing blufh , the fecret wink , The gentle fwimming walk , the courteous fink ; The ftare for ftrangeness fit , for fcorn the frown ; For decent yielding , looks declining down ; The practis'd languish , where well - feign'd ...
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... fweet defire Are fix'd upon my thought . Ye nightingales , ye twisting pines ! Ye fwains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes , breezy winds ! Ye clofe retreats of love ! With all of nature , all of art , Affift the dear design ; O ...
... fweet defire Are fix'd upon my thought . Ye nightingales , ye twisting pines ! Ye fwains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes , breezy winds ! Ye clofe retreats of love ! With all of nature , all of art , Affift the dear design ; O ...
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... fweet perfumes , The fea the pearl , the fky the plumes , The town its filken ftore . Now whilft he gaz'd , a gallant dreft In flaunting robes above the reft , With awful accent cry'd ; What mortal of a wretched mind , Whofe fighs ...
... fweet perfumes , The fea the pearl , the fky the plumes , The town its filken ftore . Now whilft he gaz'd , a gallant dreft In flaunting robes above the reft , With awful accent cry'd ; What mortal of a wretched mind , Whofe fighs ...
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... fweet through all her filken leaves ( The drops defcending through the filent night , While stars ferenely roll their golden light ) : Clofe till the morn , her humid veil fhe holds ; Then deckt with virgin pomp the flower unfolds ...
... fweet through all her filken leaves ( The drops defcending through the filent night , While stars ferenely roll their golden light ) : Clofe till the morn , her humid veil fhe holds ; Then deckt with virgin pomp the flower unfolds ...
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... fweet celestial quire ? From Helicon's imbowering height repair , Attend my labours , and reward my prayer ; The dreadful toils of raging Mars I write , The fprings of contest , and the fields of fight ; How threatening mice advanc'd ...
... fweet celestial quire ? From Helicon's imbowering height repair , Attend my labours , and reward my prayer ; The dreadful toils of raging Mars I write , The fprings of contest , and the fields of fight ; How threatening mice advanc'd ...
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æther ANTISTROPHE arife beauty Behold beneath bleffings blefs'd blifs bofom breaſt breath bright caft charms chearful cloſe defcend defire divine eaſe eyes facred fafe faid fair falute fame fancy fate fear feas feat feek feem fhade fhall fhepherd fhine fhould fide fight filent filver fing fix'd fkies flain flame flies flowers foft fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpring Frogs ftand ftill fuch fung fweet glory grace grief grove heart Ifrael king laſt Lord lov'd Meaſures mercy mind Mufe mufic night numbers o'er paffion Pelops plain pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe purſue rage rais'd raiſe realms reft reign rife riſe rofe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrain ſtream ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand Twas voice whofe Whoſe winds wondrous
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Page 82 - Now sunk the sun ; the closing hour of day Came onward, mantled o'er with sober...
Page 82 - To find if books, or swains, report it right (For yet by swains alone the world he knew...
Page 4 - The luft of Lucre, and the dread of Death. In vain to Deferts thy retreat is made ; The Mufe attends thee to thy filent made : 'Tis hers, the brave man's lateft fteps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify difgrace. 30 When Int'reft calls off all her fneaking train, And all th...
Page 54 - Mock the grave phrenzy of the chymic fool: But know, ye fair, a point conceal'd with art, The Sylphs and Gnomes are but a woman's heart : The Graces stand in sight; a Satyr train Peep o'er their heads, and laugh behind the scene.
Page 23 - Twas grief for scorn of faithful love, Which made my steps unweeting rove Amid the nightly dew." " "Tis well," the gallant cries again, " We fairies never injure men Who dare to tell us true. " Exalt thy love-dejected heart, Be mine the task, or ere we part, To make thee grief resign ; Now take the pleasure of thy chaunce ; Whilst I with Mab, my part'ner, daunce, Be little Mable thine.
Page 87 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours...
Page 25 - They smelt the fresh approach of day, And heard a cock to crow; The whirling wind that bore the crowd Has clapp'd the door, and whistled loud, To warn them all to go.
Page 88 - With heaping coals of fire upon its head; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow, And, loose from dross, the silver runs below. * Long had our pious friend in virtue trod, But now the child half-wean'd his heart from God ; (Child of his age) for him he liv'd in pain, And measur'd back his steps to earth again. To what excesses had his dotage run ! But God, to save the father, took the son.
Page 27 - Till all the rout retreat. By this the stars began to wink, They shriek, they fly, the tapers sink, And down y^drops the Knight : For never spell by faerie laid With strong enchantment bound a glade, Beyond the length of night. Chill, dark, alone, adreed, he lay, Till up the welkin rose the...
Page 12 - Helicon forbore to flow ; The sky grew bright; and (if his verse be true) The Muses came to give the laurel too. But what avail'd the verdant prize of wit, If love swore vengeance for the tales he writ ? Ye fair offended, hear your friend relate What heavy judgment prov'd the writer's fate, Though when it happen'd, no relation clears, Tis thought in five, or five and twenty years.