The Works of the English Poets: Parnell; A. PhilipsH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... thou oft haft bid the world attend , Fond to forget the statefman in the friend : For Swift and him , defpis'd the farce of ftate , The fober follies of the wife and great ; Dextrous , the craving , fawning croud to quit , And pleas'd ...
... thou oft haft bid the world attend , Fond to forget the statefman in the friend : For Swift and him , defpis'd the farce of ftate , The fober follies of the wife and great ; Dextrous , the craving , fawning croud to quit , And pleas'd ...
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... thou , that fling'ft me floundering from thy back , As from hard rocks rebounds the shattering wrack , Nor thou fhalt ' fcape thy due , perfidious king ! Purfued by vengeance on the fwifteft wing ! At land thy ftrength could never equal ...
... thou , that fling'ft me floundering from thy back , As from hard rocks rebounds the shattering wrack , Nor thou fhalt ' fcape thy due , perfidious king ! Purfued by vengeance on the fwifteft wing ! At land thy ftrength could never equal ...
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... Thou should'st not fail of numbers . worthy thine The brighteft ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himself would own thou doft excel In candid arts to play the critic well . Ovid himself ...
... Thou should'st not fail of numbers . worthy thine The brighteft ancients might at once agree To fing within my lays , and fing of thee . Horace himself would own thou doft excel In candid arts to play the critic well . Ovid himself ...
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... thou , a Daphnis he , While fome old Damon , o'er the vulgar wife , Thinks he deferves , and thou deferv'ft , the prize . Rapt with the thought , my fancy feeks the plains , And turns me fhepherd while I hear the trains . Indulgent ...
... thou , a Daphnis he , While fome old Damon , o'er the vulgar wife , Thinks he deferves , and thou deferv'ft , the prize . Rapt with the thought , my fancy feeks the plains , And turns me fhepherd while I hear the trains . Indulgent ...
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... Thou country Goddess , beauteous Health ! repair ; Here let my breaft through quivering trees inhale Thy rofy bleffings with the morning gale . What are the fields , or flowers , or all I fee ? Ah ! taftelefs all , if not enjoy'd with ...
... Thou country Goddess , beauteous Health ! repair ; Here let my breaft through quivering trees inhale Thy rofy bleffings with the morning gale . What are the fields , or flowers , or all I fee ? Ah ! taftelefs all , if not enjoy'd with ...
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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.