Mr. Hervey's Contemplations on a Flower-garden: Done Into Blank Verse, (after the Manner of Dr. Young) by T. Newcomb, M.A. |
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... earth ever layed a claim to . One particular reason of my prefuming to affix your GRACE's name to this poem , and to defire your acceptance of it , was the opportunity it gave me of making a grate- ful and public acknowledgment of those ...
... earth ever layed a claim to . One particular reason of my prefuming to affix your GRACE's name to this poem , and to defire your acceptance of it , was the opportunity it gave me of making a grate- ful and public acknowledgment of those ...
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... earth we tread , without th ' enlivening beams Shot from the cheering fun's refreshing urn , How gloomy , how forlorn ? a lifeless mass , A clod of barren , dull , unactive clay ! What tree could then its verdant leaves unfold To ...
... earth we tread , without th ' enlivening beams Shot from the cheering fun's refreshing urn , How gloomy , how forlorn ? a lifeless mass , A clod of barren , dull , unactive clay ! What tree could then its verdant leaves unfold To ...
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... earth's upper regions is confin'd Thy falutary power ; dark caverns , spread In nature's deep recesses , hail thy beams , Which fructify the shining beds of ore , Unfold the faphire's luftre , and bestow Its brightness on the brilliant ...
... earth's upper regions is confin'd Thy falutary power ; dark caverns , spread In nature's deep recesses , hail thy beams , Which fructify the shining beds of ore , Unfold the faphire's luftre , and bestow Its brightness on the brilliant ...
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... earth to gaze , The raptur'd mufe defcends . What meets the eye , What first falutes us , joyous as we view Creation's ... earth's cold lap , and beautify each scene , Changing her ruffet turf to lively green . The fervent heat which ...
... earth to gaze , The raptur'd mufe defcends . What meets the eye , What first falutes us , joyous as we view Creation's ... earth's cold lap , and beautify each scene , Changing her ruffet turf to lively green . The fervent heat which ...
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... Earth's loaded lap with plenty from the cloud ! Now burst the heavy , fierce , impetuous show'rs , Driving their angry trains a - cross the sky ; The The rushing cataracts now roar , now break , And 10 CONTEMPLATIONS on a.
... Earth's loaded lap with plenty from the cloud ! Now burst the heavy , fierce , impetuous show'rs , Driving their angry trains a - cross the sky ; The The rushing cataracts now roar , now break , And 10 CONTEMPLATIONS on a.
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Mr Hervey's Contemplations on a Flower Garden: Done Into Blank Verse (1757) James Hervey,Thomas Newcomb No preview available - 2009 |
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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.
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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.