The Farmer's Boy;: A Rural PoemVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, ... and Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, ... at the Union Printing-Office, 1806 - Country life - 99 pages |
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... Fame or Advantage he may de- derive from it to himself , than in the pleasure of giving a printed Copy of it , as a tribute of duty and affection , to his MOTHER * ; in whose plea- sure , should it succeed , his filial heart plac'd the ...
... Fame or Advantage he may de- derive from it to himself , than in the pleasure of giving a printed Copy of it , as a tribute of duty and affection , to his MOTHER * ; in whose plea- sure , should it succeed , his filial heart plac'd the ...
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... Fame which is just to living Merit , and wait not for the Tomb to present the tardy and then unvalued Wreath : I rejoice in the sense express'd not only of his Genius , but of his pure , benevolent , amiable Virtue , his affectionate ...
... Fame which is just to living Merit , and wait not for the Tomb to present the tardy and then unvalued Wreath : I rejoice in the sense express'd not only of his Genius , but of his pure , benevolent , amiable Virtue , his affectionate ...
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... its excellence the more " striking ; they are such as would confer durable " Fame on the first and most polish'd Poet in the " Kingdom . * March 9 , 1800 . " I shall now take the liberty of extracting part xxviii PREFACE .
... its excellence the more " striking ; they are such as would confer durable " Fame on the first and most polish'd Poet in the " Kingdom . * March 9 , 1800 . " I shall now take the liberty of extracting part xxviii PREFACE .
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... Fame , " that the Farmer's Boy will owe its value with us " and with posterity . A Morality the most pathe- " tic and pure , the feelings of a heart alive to " all the tenderest duties of Humanity and Religion , " consecrate its glowing ...
... Fame , " that the Farmer's Boy will owe its value with us " and with posterity . A Morality the most pathe- " tic and pure , the feelings of a heart alive to " all the tenderest duties of Humanity and Religion , " consecrate its glowing ...
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... fame abroad by every tongue is spoke , The well - known butt of many a flinty joke , That pass like current coin the nation through ; And , ah ! experience proves the satire true . Provision's grave , thou ever - craving mart ...
... fame abroad by every tongue is spoke , The well - known butt of many a flinty joke , That pass like current coin the nation through ; And , ah ! experience proves the satire true . Provision's grave , thou ever - craving mart ...
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AUSONIUS Author behold Bell-alley bends beneath Benevolence Bird blast bless blow boast bosom bough Brother brow BUNBURY CAPEL LOFFT character charming cheer cheese clouds dark delight doom'd DRAKE e'en fame Farmer's Boy feels field fill'd flies flock flower flows fragrance Garret Genius GEORGE BLOOMFIELD GEORGIC Giles ginal glowing green HADLEIGH head heart Heaven HONINGTON hues Ixworth labour Lambs light load loud Love LUCRETIUS Mastiff merits Midst milk mind morn Nature's night nightly numbers o'er pains PASTORAL POETRY pastures path pierce plain pleasure Poet Poet's Corner poor pow'r praise pride Printed Poem pursue reign rest rise Robert ROBERT BLOOMFIELD Rooks round SAPISTON seen shadows play shower smiles snow song soul spreads Spring stor❜d stream stroll Suffolk SUMMER sweet taste tender thee thine Thomson thorn thou tow'ring treads Troston try'd verse village warm Whence Whilst whitethorns wild wood yields Zephyrus
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Page 21 - Or gazed in merry clusters by your side ? Ye who can smile, to wisdom no disgrace, At the arch meaning of a Kitten's face : If spotless innocence, and infant mirth, Excites to praise, or gives reflection birth ; In shades like these pursue your fav'rite joy, 'Midst Nature's revels, sports that never cloy.
Page 21 - Midst nature's revels, sports that never cloy. A few begin a short but vigorous race, And indolence abash'd, soon flies the place ; Thus challenged forth, see thither one by one, From every side assembling playmates run ; A thousand wily antics mark their stay, A starting crowd, impatient of delay. Like the fond dove from fearful prison freed, Each seems to say, " come, let us try our speed...
Page 30 - And ripening harvest rustles in the gale. A glorious sight, if glory dwells below, Where Heaven's munificence makes all the show O'er every field and golden prospect found, That glads the ploughman's Sunday morning's round," When on some eminence he takes his stand, To judge the smiling produce of the land.
Page xl - The rising vapours catch the silver light ; Thence fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light ; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
Page 45 - Refills the jug his honour'd host to tend, To serve at once the master and the friend; Proud thus to meet his smiles, to share his tale, His nuts, his conversation, and his ale.
Page 30 - E'en then the songster a mere speck became. Gliding like fancy's bubbles in a dream, The gazer sees ; but yielding to repose, Unwittingly his jaded eyelids close. Delicious sleep ! From sleep who could forbear, With no more guilt than Giles, and no more care? Peace o'er his slumbers waves her guardian wing, Nor Conscience once disturbs him with a sting ; He wakes refresh'd from every trivial pain, And takes his pole, and brushes round again.
Page 3 - O COME, blest spirit ! whatsoe'er thou art, Thou kindling warmth that hoverest round my heart, Sweet inmate, hail ! thou source of sterling joy, That poverty itself cannot destroy, Be thou my muse ; and faithful still to me, Retrace the paths of wild obscurity. No deeds of arms my humble lines rehearse ; No Alpine wonders thunder through my verse, The roaring cataract, the snow-topt hill, Inspiring awe, till breath itself stands still ; Nature's sublimer scenes ne'er charm'd mine eyes, Nor science...
Page 34 - To turn the swarth, the quiv'ring load to rear, Or ply the busy rake, the land to clear. Summer's light garb itself now cumbrous grown, Each his thin doublet in the shade throws down ; Where oft the mastiff skulks with half-shut eye, And rouses at the stranger passing by...
Page 27 - THE FARMER'S life displays in every part A moral lesson to the sensual heart. Though in the lap of Plenty, thoughtful still, He looks beyond the present good or ill ; Nor estimates alone one blessing's worth, From changeful seasons, or capricious earth ; But views the future with the present hours, And looks for failures as he looks for showers ; For casual as for certain want prepares, And round his yard the reeking haystack rears ; Provident turn of the Fanner's mind.
Page 7 - Fled now the sullen murmurs of the North, The splendid raiment of the SPRING peeps forth ; Her universal green, and the clear sky, Delight still more and more the gazing eye. Wide o'er the fields, in rising moisture strong, Shoots up the simple flower, or creeps along The...