Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Swift. Hammond. Somerville. Parnell. Savage. BroomeSamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... fall of empires from the Gods . VERSE S , Sent to the Author in his Retirement . WRITTEN BY MRS . ELIZABETH HIGGONS . WHY , Granville , is thy life to fhades confin'd , Thou whom the Gods defign'd afin'd } In public to do credit to ...
... fall of empires from the Gods . VERSE S , Sent to the Author in his Retirement . WRITTEN BY MRS . ELIZABETH HIGGONS . WHY , Granville , is thy life to fhades confin'd , Thou whom the Gods defign'd afin'd } In public to do credit to ...
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... fall . Love , a destroyer fierce and young , Advent'rous , terrible , and strong , Cruel and rafh , delighting ftill to vex , Sparing nor age nor fex , Commands in chief ; well fortify'd he lies , And from her lips , her cheeks and eyes ...
... fall . Love , a destroyer fierce and young , Advent'rous , terrible , and strong , Cruel and rafh , delighting ftill to vex , Sparing nor age nor fex , Commands in chief ; well fortify'd he lies , And from her lips , her cheeks and eyes ...
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... fall dazzled at her fight : Nor was her death lefs glorious than her life , A conftant miftrefs , and a faithful ... falls , another ruthes in , And all must be o'ercome , or none can win . The victor , from the shining dame , whofe eyes ...
... fall dazzled at her fight : Nor was her death lefs glorious than her life , A conftant miftrefs , and a faithful ... falls , another ruthes in , And all must be o'ercome , or none can win . The victor , from the shining dame , whofe eyes ...
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... fall . III . I thought , alas ! that love could dwell But in warm climes , where no fnow fell ; Like plants , that kindly heat require , To be maintain'd by conftant fire . IV . That without hope , ' twould die as foon , A little hope ...
... fall . III . I thought , alas ! that love could dwell But in warm climes , where no fnow fell ; Like plants , that kindly heat require , To be maintain'd by conftant fire . IV . That without hope , ' twould die as foon , A little hope ...
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... fall , But when we beg to die , death flies our call ; Adonis dies , and torn is the lov'd breast In midst of joy , where Venus wont to rest ; That fate , which cruel feem'd to him , would be Pity , relief , and happiness to me . When ...
... fall , But when we beg to die , death flies our call ; Adonis dies , and torn is the lov'd breast In midst of joy , where Venus wont to rest ; That fate , which cruel feem'd to him , would be Pity , relief , and happiness to me . When ...
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arms beauty blefs bleft breaft bright caufe charms Dæmons Dean death defcend defire delight dreadful Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair falute fame fate fatire fcene fcorn feas fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhine fhore fhould fide fighs fight fince fing fire firft fkies flain flame flave fleep flies fmiles foft fome fong foon foul fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftreams fuch fure fweet grace heart heaven honour Jove juft king Lady laft lefs loft Lord lyre mind Mufe muft muſt ne'er never night nymph o'er ORIANA paffion pain Peleus plain pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe pride rage reft rife rofe ſcene ſhall ſkies ſtate tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand trembling Twas verfe vex'd virtue whofe wife wind worfe youth
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Page 416 - See how the Dean begins to break! Poor gentleman, he droops apace! You plainly find it in his face. That old vertigo in his head Will never leave him, till he's dead. Besides, his memory decays: He recollects not what he says; He cannot call his friends to mind; Forgets the place where last he dined; Plies you with stories o'er and o'er; He told them fifty times before.
Page 419 - He knew a hundred pleasant stories, With all the turns of Whigs and Tories: Was cheerful to his dying day, And friends would let him have his way. 'He gave the little wealth he had, To build a house for fools and mad: And showed by one satiric touch, No nation wanted it so much: That kingdom he hath left his debtor, I wish it soon may have a better.
Page 422 - When beasts could speak, (the learned say They still can do so every day,) It seems, they had religion then, As much as now we find in men. It happen'd, when a plague broke out, (Which therefore made them more devout...
Page 416 - He's dead, you say; then let him rot; I'm glad the medals were forgot. I promis'd him, I own ; but when ? I only was the princess then ; But now as consort of the king, You know, 'tis quite another thing.
Page 428 - Two bordering wits contend for glory ; And one is Whig, and one is Tory : And this for epics claims the bays, And that for elegiac lays : Some...
Page 503 - 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.
Page 107 - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Page 416 - To hear his out-of-fashion wit ? But he takes up with younger folks, Who for his wine will bear his jokes. Faith ! he must make his stories shorter, Or change his comrades once a quarter ; In half the time he talks them round, There must another set be found.
Page 491 - His thoughts grow conscious of approaching woe, His idle tears with vain repentance flow ; His locks he rends, his trembling feet he rears, Thick beats his heart with...
Page 415 - em? To all my foes, dear Fortune, send Thy gifts; but never to my friend: I tamely can endure the first; But this with envy makes me burst.