A Collection of Poems: Occasionally Writ on Several Subjects |
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... come nigh ! For all Things feel the Joys of Love but 1 . WHAT holds my Dear from coming to thefe Arms ? What Pow'r ill - fated , ftill detains thy Charms ? Come , Come , bring one Glance of thy deluding Eyes , 16 The PENSIVE SWAIN .
... come nigh ! For all Things feel the Joys of Love but 1 . WHAT holds my Dear from coming to thefe Arms ? What Pow'r ill - fated , ftill detains thy Charms ? Come , Come , bring one Glance of thy deluding Eyes , 16 The PENSIVE SWAIN .
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... , that thy wealthy Store , Which brib'd a Nymph to break thofe Oaths fhe fwore , Which made thee happy at another's Coft , And only bought that Bleffing which I lost Can Can bribe the Pow'r which weighs our Deeds above , 22 The COMPLAINT .
... , that thy wealthy Store , Which brib'd a Nymph to break thofe Oaths fhe fwore , Which made thee happy at another's Coft , And only bought that Bleffing which I lost Can Can bribe the Pow'r which weighs our Deeds above , 22 The COMPLAINT .
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Occasionally Writ on Several Subjects Isaac Thompson. Can bribe the Pow'r which weighs our Deeds above , To be unjust , or pardon perjur'd Love : If Peace thou feek'ft , be just to Mortals here , And dread juft Heav'n , and future ...
Occasionally Writ on Several Subjects Isaac Thompson. Can bribe the Pow'r which weighs our Deeds above , To be unjust , or pardon perjur'd Love : If Peace thou feek'ft , be just to Mortals here , And dread juft Heav'n , and future ...
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... Pow'r , which gave the World it's Laws ; - Ego laudo ruris amani . Rivos & mufca circumlita faxa , nemusque . ↑ Fontefque lymphis obftrepunt manantibus . Felix qui potuit rerum cognofcere Causas . HOR . Idem . VIRG Why Why Springs are ...
... Pow'r , which gave the World it's Laws ; - Ego laudo ruris amani . Rivos & mufca circumlita faxa , nemusque . ↑ Fontefque lymphis obftrepunt manantibus . Felix qui potuit rerum cognofcere Causas . HOR . Idem . VIRG Why Why Springs are ...
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... Pow'r of Froft obey , Or Ice before the Fire fhould melt away . WHEN in these Searches fhould my Soul be toft , And in the pleafing Labyrinths be loft ; Thence fhould she learn her own Defects to know , And whence the Joys of her ...
... Pow'r of Froft obey , Or Ice before the Fire fhould melt away . WHEN in these Searches fhould my Soul be toft , And in the pleafing Labyrinths be loft ; Thence fhould she learn her own Defects to know , And whence the Joys of her ...
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Abfence arife Beauties Bleffings bleft Blifs Bloom blooming Groves Bofom Breaſt bright caft Charms DAMON Daphnis dear Defire Delight diff'rent Ev'n ev'ry Eyes facred fafe Fame feems felf fhall fhining fhould figh'd fince fing Fire firſt Flame flow flow'ry fmile foft fome foon ftill fuch fweet fwell gen'rous Genius Glories glow Groves happy Heart Heav'n heav'nly Hills John Joys juſt lafting laſt lefs lov'd Love Mankind melting Mind moſt Mount Ida mourn Mufe Muſe muſt ne'er Numbers Nymph o'er OENONE OVID Paffion Paftoral Pain PARIS Plain pleas'd pleaſe Pleaſure Pow'r Praife Praiſe PRIAM purſue Rapture raviſh'd rife Robert Rofe Scenes Seafon Senfe Shades ſhall ſhe Shepherd ſhine Silvia's Skie Skies Song Soul ſtay ſtill Streams STREPHON Swain tender thee thefe theſe Things feel thofe Thomas thoſe thou Thought thouſand thro Verfe Verſe VIRG whofe Whoſe William Youth
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Page viii - ... wing, (Her guide now lost) no more attempts to rise, But in low numbers short excursions tries: Content, if hence, th...
Page 129 - O could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ! Tho
Page vi - Ten cenfure wrong, for one who writes amifs ; A fool might once himfelf alone expofe, Now one in verfe makes many more in profe. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go juft alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 154 - Flocks, fecms to be the firft Employment of Mankind, the moft antient Sort of Poetry, was probably Paftoral : 'Tis natural to imagine, that the Leifure of thofe antient Shepherds requiring fome Diverfion, none was fo proper to that folitary Life, as finging, and that in their Songs, they took Occafion...
Page 101 - No doleful fighs in airy circles rove, But all be rapture, blifs, and joy and love ; Without a ruffle, ev'ry moment flow, More gentle than the fofteft breezes blow.
Page xv - Rofes in Hedges, King-cups on the green, Birds in the Woods, and Larks upon the Skies, Say, is't not Spring that makes you all rejoyce?
Page 33 - Swell'd to my Eyes, and melted out in Tears; " My trembling Limbs could fcarce my Weight fuftain, " And Life furpriz'd, ftood paufing with the Pain.
Page 30 - Place for Contemplation, or for Care, To lift the Soul, or pour out fad DeJpair ! And And here lay Cc///'», haplefs Swain!
Page vii - One moral, or a meer well-natur'd Deed Does all Defert in Sciences exceed. Moreover, I can ajjure all my Readers, 'who are not of my Acquaintance, that I am not extravagant...