The English Parnassus: Being a New Selection of Didactic, Descriptive, Pathetic, Plaintive, and Pastoral Poetry, Extracted from the Works of the Latest and Most Celebrated Poets... |
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... give a loose to pleasure - art thou there ? Or when th ' assembled great and fair advance To celebrate the mask , the play , the dance , Whilft beauty fpreads its fweeteft charms around , And airs ecftatic fwell their tuneful found ...
... give a loose to pleasure - art thou there ? Or when th ' assembled great and fair advance To celebrate the mask , the play , the dance , Whilft beauty fpreads its fweeteft charms around , And airs ecftatic fwell their tuneful found ...
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... gives he midnight flumbers to his eyes ; Content , if this his toilsome studies crown , And for the world's repose neglects his own . All nature's fecret causes he explores , The laws of motion , and mechanic powers : Hence e'en the ...
... gives he midnight flumbers to his eyes ; Content , if this his toilsome studies crown , And for the world's repose neglects his own . All nature's fecret causes he explores , The laws of motion , and mechanic powers : Hence e'en the ...
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... gives to glory or to genius birth ; Let thy avenging , thy all - conquʼring , hand Give peace and freedom to an injur'd land ! Glory be thine ; and let pale mis❜ry prove The joys of friendship and the blifs of love ; And heav'nly ...
... gives to glory or to genius birth ; Let thy avenging , thy all - conquʼring , hand Give peace and freedom to an injur'd land ! Glory be thine ; and let pale mis❜ry prove The joys of friendship and the blifs of love ; And heav'nly ...
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... give ; And when he kneels before the throne , His trembling foul fhall live . VIII . To him protection fhall be shown , And mercy from above Defcend on thofe , who thus fulfil The perfect law of love . SECT . MRS . BARBAULD . XV . ON ...
... give ; And when he kneels before the throne , His trembling foul fhall live . VIII . To him protection fhall be shown , And mercy from above Defcend on thofe , who thus fulfil The perfect law of love . SECT . MRS . BARBAULD . XV . ON ...
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... give ; And ftand prepar'd like thee to die , With thee that I may live . MRS . BARBAULD . SECT . XVI . ON THE POWER AND PERFECTIONS OF GOD . I. JEHOVAH reigns : let every nation hear , And at his footstool bow with holy fear ; Let ...
... give ; And ftand prepar'd like thee to die , With thee that I may live . MRS . BARBAULD . SECT . XVI . ON THE POWER AND PERFECTIONS OF GOD . I. JEHOVAH reigns : let every nation hear , And at his footstool bow with holy fear ; Let ...
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Page 328 - The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, With loads of learned lumber in his head, With his own tongue still edifies his ears, And always list'ning to himself appears.
Page 30 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 239 - Till out of breath he overtakes his fellows ; Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, strange to tell! Evanishes at crowing of the cock.
Page 105 - But me, not destined such delights to share, My prime of life in wandering spent and care ; Impell'd, with steps unceasing, to pursue Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view ; That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far, yet, as I follow, flies ; My fortune leads to traverse realms alone, And find no spot of all the world my own.
Page 332 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 323 - A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ ; Survey the whole, nor seek slight faults to find Where nature moves, and rapture warms the mind ; Nor lose, for that malignant dull delight, The generous pleasure to be charm'd with wit.
Page 109 - O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree, How ill exchanged are things like these for thee! How do thy potions, with insidious joy, Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy! Kingdoms, by thee, to sickly greatness grown, Boast of a florid...
Page 109 - To new-found worlds, and wept for others' woe ; But for himself, in conscious virtue brave, He only wish'd for worlds beyond the grave. His lovely daughter, lovelier in her tears, The fond companion of his helpless years, Silent went next, neglectful of her charms, And left a lover's for a father's arms.
Page 333 - Cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly Thing of Use ? To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, Nor could it sure be such a Sin to paint. But since, alas ! frail Beauty must decay...
Page 110 - Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand I see the rural virtues leave the land. Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale, Downward they move, a melancholy band, Pass from the shore and darken all the strand. Contented toil and hospitable care, And kind connubial tenderness are there; And piety, with wishes placed above, And steady loyalty and faithful love.