The Bee: A Selection of Poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page 16
... She call'd on Echo , ftill thro ' all the fong ; A foft refponfive voice was heard at every close , And hope enchanted fmil'd , and wav'd her golden hair , And longer had the fung , -but , with a frown , Revenge impatient rose , He ...
... She call'd on Echo , ftill thro ' all the fong ; A foft refponfive voice was heard at every close , And hope enchanted fmil'd , and wav'd her golden hair , And longer had the fung , -but , with a frown , Revenge impatient rose , He ...
Page 21
... from the center of her burning throne : Where aye she fits with ftar wreath'd luftre crown'd A bright Sun clafps her adamantine zone , So Truth proclaims : her awful voice I hear : SELECT POEMS . 21 The Ruftic Ode to Truth Mafon ibid.
... from the center of her burning throne : Where aye she fits with ftar wreath'd luftre crown'd A bright Sun clafps her adamantine zone , So Truth proclaims : her awful voice I hear : SELECT POEMS . 21 The Ruftic Ode to Truth Mafon ibid.
Page 22
... she is gone : while I appear Flush'd with the bloom of youth through Heaven's eternal year . Know , mortals , know , ere first ye sprung , Ere first thefe orbs in æther hung , I fhone amid the heavenly throng ; Thefe eyes beheld ...
... she is gone : while I appear Flush'd with the bloom of youth through Heaven's eternal year . Know , mortals , know , ere first ye sprung , Ere first thefe orbs in æther hung , I fhone amid the heavenly throng ; Thefe eyes beheld ...
Page 55
... She all night long her amorous defcant fung : Silence was pleas'd now glow'd the firmament With living faphirs : Hefperus , that led The ftarry hoft , rode brighteft , till the moon Rifing in clouded majesty at length , Apparent queen ...
... She all night long her amorous defcant fung : Silence was pleas'd now glow'd the firmament With living faphirs : Hefperus , that led The ftarry hoft , rode brighteft , till the moon Rifing in clouded majesty at length , Apparent queen ...
Page 59
... she infnar'd Mankind with her fair looks , to be aveng'd On him who had ftole Jove's authentic fire . Thus at their fhady lodge arriv'd , both stood , Both turn'd , and under open fky ador'd The God that made both fky , air , earth ...
... she infnar'd Mankind with her fair looks , to be aveng'd On him who had ftole Jove's authentic fire . Thus at their fhady lodge arriv'd , both stood , Both turn'd , and under open fky ador'd The God that made both fky , air , earth ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
æther angel beauteous beauty Beneath bleffing bleft blifs bloffom bloom bofom breaft breath charm cloud death defcend defire divine earth endleſs eternal ev'ry eyes facred fair fame fcene fecret feek fenfe fhade fhall fhine figh filent fkies flame fleep flowers fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons foon footh forrow foul fpring freſh friendſhip ftill ftorms ftrains ftream fuch fweet gale gentle glow grace happineſs happy heart Heav'n heav'nly hermit himſelf JOHN GOUGH laft lefs light loft luftre lyre maid mind moffy morn moſt muft muſt nature's night nymph o'er paffions peace pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride raiſe reafon reft reſt rife riſe rofe round ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſkies ſkill ſky ſmiling ſpreads ſtate ſtill ſweet taught tear thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou vale virtue voice Whofe whoſe wings wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 44 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 102 - Who God doth late and early pray, More of his grace than gifts to lend, And entertains the harmless day, With a religious book or friend. This man is freed from servile bands Of hope to rise, or fear to fall ; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all.
Page 45 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees : Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 51 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 29 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Page 58 - Ordain'd by thee ; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift...
Page 10 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 152 - The crackling faggot flies. But nothing could a charm impart To soothe the stranger's woe; For grief was heavy at his heart, And tears began to flow. His rising cares the Hermit spied, With answering care opprest : " And whence, unhappy youth," he cried, " The sorrows of thy breast ? " From better habitations spurn'd, Reluctant dost thou rove?
Page 41 - Obvious her goods, in no extreme they dwell; There needs but thinking right, and meaning well ; And mourn our various portions as we please, Equal is common sense, and common ease. Remember, man, the universal cause Acts not by partial, but by gen'ral laws ; And makes what happiness we justly call Subsist not in the good of one, but all.
Page 49 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...