Mr. Hervey's Contemplations on a Flower-garden: Done Into Blank Verse, (after the Manner of Dr. Young) by T. Newcomb, M.A. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 8
Page 9
... dyes the virgin's cheek , how foon decay'd These short - liv'd drops , the children of an hour , A momentary radiance scarce enjoy , Juft shine and vanish ---- while the fun , whose beams Light up their filver beauties , foon exhales ...
... dyes the virgin's cheek , how foon decay'd These short - liv'd drops , the children of an hour , A momentary radiance scarce enjoy , Juft shine and vanish ---- while the fun , whose beams Light up their filver beauties , foon exhales ...
Page 34
... dye , Which , foften'd by degrees , foon lofes all Its reigning luftre , till , its radiance loft By gentle diminutions from your eye , Faint and more faint , it steals itself away . Pleas'd with the gradual change , we fmile to view ...
... dye , Which , foften'd by degrees , foon lofes all Its reigning luftre , till , its radiance loft By gentle diminutions from your eye , Faint and more faint , it steals itself away . Pleas'd with the gradual change , we fmile to view ...
Page 36
... dyes , Selected by heaven's pencil to adorn Creation's beauteous furface ? --- Say , what need Where wisdom infinite conducts the plan Of coftly preparations , to complete Those works almighty power has once contriv❜d . One fingle ...
... dyes , Selected by heaven's pencil to adorn Creation's beauteous furface ? --- Say , what need Where wisdom infinite conducts the plan Of coftly preparations , to complete Those works almighty power has once contriv❜d . One fingle ...
Page 40
... dyes , Oft from her bed transplanted to bestow Fresh beauty on our windows ; see how soon She fades and languishes , the eye beholds With fadness all her vernal bloom decay , Each after each expiring , till at laft Drooping each beauty ...
... dyes , Oft from her bed transplanted to bestow Fresh beauty on our windows ; see how soon She fades and languishes , the eye beholds With fadness all her vernal bloom decay , Each after each expiring , till at laft Drooping each beauty ...
Page 46
... dye ! Who in fuch order and exact array Marshal'd these fhining troops , and taught the tribes Each in their proper season to display Their regulated beauties , which by turns , Each after each , now bloffom , now decay , One class ...
... dye ! Who in fuch order and exact array Marshal'd these fhining troops , and taught the tribes Each in their proper season to display Their regulated beauties , which by turns , Each after each , now bloffom , now decay , One class ...
Other editions - View all
Mr Hervey's Contemplations on a Flower Garden: Done Into Blank Verse (1757) James Hervey,Thomas Newcomb No preview available - 2009 |
Mr. Hervey's Contemplations on a Flower-Garden: Done in Blank Verse, After ... James Hervey,Thomas Newcomb No preview available - 2016 |
Mr. Hervey's Contemplations on a Flower-garden, Done Into Blank Verse ... James Hervey No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
adorn affume Amidſt array'd balmy beams beauteous beautify behold beneath beſtow blaſts bleffings bloffom bloom bluſh boaſt bofom breathe charms chear chufe Cloſe colours cool creation's delight diffuſe diſplay drefs'd eaſtern elſe fair falutes fcenes feaſt fhades fhall fhining fhould filver firft firſt flame flower fmile foft foliage fome foon fplendid fpring fragrance ftate ftem ftill fuch fun's furvey fweets garden gaudy glebe glittering gloffy glow golden grace grateful green heart heaven hues inſpires juft leaves loft luftre mattins morning moſt muſt nature's o'er parterre pleas'd pleaſe pleaſures pour'd praiſe proud radiant raptur'd rays refign refreſhing regale rich perfumes richeſt robe round ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhe ſheds ſhine ſkies ſky ſoft ſpot ſpread ſtate ſtill ſtores ſuſtain ſweet taſte thee theſe thofe thoſe thouſand thro tranfient tranſport treaſures tribes unfold various beauties verdant verdure whofe whoſe wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 27 - Our tended plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 70 - Its merits on the lilly's virgin robe ; The gay and gaudy colours, richly fpread In varied tints, augment the tulip's fame; See in what mix'd profufion, fplendid dyes, Her cups are beautify'd ; her glowing...
Page 65 - With fome degree of caution were endow'd : If touch'd they tremble, take the firft alarm, Confcious of danger, while her fibres grow Contracted in a moment, and in dread Of violence, from your finger's touch withdraw* Shrinking her head precipitate, in fear Of feeling her pure innocence betray'd, f Th* fcufithrc plant. X Perhap...
Page 70 - The reigning toaft, that pleafmgly adorn'd The fpring's delightful feafon with its bloom. A while it mines in all the glittering dyes That paint the rainbow's arch amidft a...
Page 70 - Its beauteous plumage — but, alas ! how foon Are all its glories vanifh'd, each gay ftripe How quickly loft, and fplendid now no more, Each radiant beauty blended with the made.
Page 5 - What bleffings does this bounteous planet pour 'On the glad heart of man, when rolling round His azure road he fcatters as he flies, To warm his raptur'd bofom, light, and joy.
Page 71 - More fweetnefs from the odours it exhales. But ah ! this lovely darling of the fair Its balm and native beauties muft refign, Hanging how foon neglefted on its ftem, Or dropping its gay leaves upon the ground.
Page 71 - Covet its clofe acquaintance where it blooms. How oft have I beheld th...
Page 66 - Like a coy virgin, with a tim'rous care, To keep at diftance, far from freedom's fnares, Improper oft — too oft pernicious found.
Page 72 - Each fcnfe with each delight, fhall then appear A ragged defert, a rude wafteful wild, A nurfery of weeds inftead of flowers.