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Page 121
... Behold the cloud , with radiant glory fair Like a wreath'd pillar , curl itself in air ! Behold it hovering just above the door , And Mofes meekly kneeling on the floor . But if the gazing turn thy edge of fight , And darknefs fpring ...
... Behold the cloud , with radiant glory fair Like a wreath'd pillar , curl itself in air ! Behold it hovering just above the door , And Mofes meekly kneeling on the floor . But if the gazing turn thy edge of fight , And darknefs fpring ...
Page 136
... behold it fly On rushing tempefts through the troubled sky ; With dashing rain , with pelting hail they blow , And sharply drive them on the facing foe . Thus blefs'd with help , and only touch'd behind , The favourite nation preffes in ...
... behold it fly On rushing tempefts through the troubled sky ; With dashing rain , with pelting hail they blow , And sharply drive them on the facing foe . Thus blefs'd with help , and only touch'd behind , The favourite nation preffes in ...
Page 148
... Behold ! fhe comes ( but not as once he came , To grieve , to figh , and teach her eyes to stream ) ; Content adorns her with a lively face , An open look , and smiling kind of grace ; Her little Samuel in her arms fhe bears , The wish ...
... Behold ! fhe comes ( but not as once he came , To grieve , to figh , and teach her eyes to stream ) ; Content adorns her with a lively face , An open look , and smiling kind of grace ; Her little Samuel in her arms fhe bears , The wish ...
Page 152
... Behold a fcene upon your folly wrought , And let this lively fcene inftruct the thought . Boy , blow the pipe until the bubble rife , Then caft it off to float upon the skies ; Still fwell its fides with breath - O beauteous frame ! It ...
... Behold a fcene upon your folly wrought , And let this lively fcene inftruct the thought . Boy , blow the pipe until the bubble rife , Then caft it off to float upon the skies ; Still fwell its fides with breath - O beauteous frame ! It ...
Page 155
... Behold the name of royal David near , Behold his mufick , and his measures hear , Whofe harp Devotion in a rapture Arung , And left no state of pious fouls unfung . Him to the wondering world but newly fhewn , Celestial Poetry pronounc ...
... Behold the name of royal David near , Behold his mufick , and his measures hear , Whofe harp Devotion in a rapture Arung , And left no state of pious fouls unfung . Him to the wondering world but newly fhewn , Celestial Poetry pronounc ...
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Page 18 - Ye nightingales, ye twisting pines ! Ye swains that haunt the grove ! Ye gentle echoes, breezy winds ! Ye close retreats of love ! With all of nature, all of art, Assist the. dear design...
Page 90 - To what excefles had his dotage run ? But God, to fave the father, took the fon. To all but thee, in fits he feem'd to go, (And 'twas my miniftry to deal the blow) The poor fond parent, humbled in the duft, Now owns in tears the punifhment was juft.
Page 85 - And shake the neighbouring wood to banish sleep. Up rise the guests, obedient to the call: An early banquet deck'd the splendid hall; Rich luscious wine a golden goblet grac'd, Which the kind master forc'd the guests to taste. Then, pleas'd and thankful, from the porch...
Page 57 - And fits in meaiures, fuch as Virgil's Mufe To place thee near him might be fond to chufe. How might he tune th...
Page 78 - Those graves, with bending osier bound, That nameless heave the crumbled ground, Quick to the glancing thought disclose Where toil and poverty repose. The flat smooth stones that bear a name...
Page 89 - ... Detested wretch !" — but scarce his speech began, When the strange partner seem'd no longer man His youthful face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white, and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours...
Page 6 - A soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, Above all pain, all anger, and all pride, The rage of power, the blast of public breath, The lust of lucre, and the dread of death.
Page 338 - There folid billows of enormous fize, Alps of green ice, in wild diforder rife. And yet but lately have I feen, ev'n here, The winter in a lovely drefs appear.
Page 94 - But urge thy powers, thine utmost voice advance, Make the loud strings against thy fingers dance ; 'Tis love that angels praise and men adore, 'Tis love divine that asks it all and more. Fling back the gates of ever-blazing day, Pour floods of liquid light to gild the way ; And all in glory wrapt...
Page 78 - Arms, angels, epitaphs and bones, These (all the poor remains of state) Adorn the rich, or praise the great ; Who while on earth in fame they live, Are senseless of the fame they give.