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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... glories below , will infpire you with more foft , more tender , and refined Sen- fations , than you can hope to derive from the flattering gaieties of a court , or the treacherous fmiles of fortune . It is in this cool , this peaceful ...
... glories below , will infpire you with more foft , more tender , and refined Sen- fations , than you can hope to derive from the flattering gaieties of a court , or the treacherous fmiles of fortune . It is in this cool , this peaceful ...
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... glories crown'd ! Here in a careless dress the nymph appears Irregular , and negligently gay : Proud with fuperior luftre ; when the shines , She fummons all the fifter arts to lend Their kind affiftance in a nicer taste Neatly to drefs ...
... glories crown'd ! Here in a careless dress the nymph appears Irregular , and negligently gay : Proud with fuperior luftre ; when the shines , She fummons all the fifter arts to lend Their kind affiftance in a nicer taste Neatly to drefs ...
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... glories round her opening leaves unfold , Her various gifts delighting to diffuse , The smell obliging , while they cheer the eye . In her sweet blooming bud are center'd all Perfections by each other tribe enjoy'd . The moment she ...
... glories round her opening leaves unfold , Her various gifts delighting to diffuse , The smell obliging , while they cheer the eye . In her sweet blooming bud are center'd all Perfections by each other tribe enjoy'd . The moment she ...
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... ! The frailty of your ftate how near ally'd To the swift tranfient glories that array Its leaves this hour , and in the next to die ! K 2 Thofe Those blue vermilion veins , alas ! how foon Scorch'd FLOWER - GARDEN . 67.
... ! The frailty of your ftate how near ally'd To the swift tranfient glories that array Its leaves this hour , and in the next to die ! K 2 Thofe Those blue vermilion veins , alas ! how foon Scorch'd FLOWER - GARDEN . 67.
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... glories vanish'd , each gay ftripe How quickly loft , and splendid now no more , Each radiant beauty blended with the shade . Graceful her shape , each opening feature fair , Still to augment her fame the budding rofe Breaths from her ...
... glories vanish'd , each gay ftripe How quickly loft , and splendid now no more , Each radiant beauty blended with the shade . Graceful her shape , each opening feature fair , Still to augment her fame the budding rofe Breaths from her ...
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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.