Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or Beauties of British Poetry, Volume 3Harrison and Company, 1782 - English poetry |
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... fhould Oppreffion , with his iron hand , Afflict the gentle pair with fad diftrefs , Arm'd by Religion , they refift his force , And fmile beneath the torture he inflicts : Or does the loathed breath of fickness reach ( For who can ...
... fhould Oppreffion , with his iron hand , Afflict the gentle pair with fad diftrefs , Arm'd by Religion , they refift his force , And fmile beneath the torture he inflicts : Or does the loathed breath of fickness reach ( For who can ...
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... fhould tempting villainy prefent All Marlb'rough hoarded , or all Villiers spent , Turn from the glitt'ring bribe thy fcornful eye , ' Nor fell for gold , what gold could never buy ; The peaceful flumber , self - approving day ...
... fhould tempting villainy prefent All Marlb'rough hoarded , or all Villiers spent , Turn from the glitt'ring bribe thy fcornful eye , ' Nor fell for gold , what gold could never buy ; The peaceful flumber , self - approving day ...
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... fhould I the gallant spark command , With clean white gloves to fit his ready hand ? Or in his fob enlivening fpirits wear , And pungent falts , to raise the fainting fair ? Or hint , the fword that dangles at his fide , Should from ...
... fhould I the gallant spark command , With clean white gloves to fit his ready hand ? Or in his fob enlivening fpirits wear , And pungent falts , to raise the fainting fair ? Or hint , the fword that dangles at his fide , Should from ...
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... fhould o'ercome her own ; While maids , grown pale with fickness or despair , The fable's mournful dye fhould chufe to wear : So the pale moon ftill fhines with pureft light , Cloath'd in the dufky mantle of the night . But far from you ...
... fhould o'ercome her own ; While maids , grown pale with fickness or despair , The fable's mournful dye fhould chufe to wear : So the pale moon ftill fhines with pureft light , Cloath'd in the dufky mantle of the night . But far from you ...
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... fhould the tighten'd stays , too ftraitly lac'd , In whale - bone bondage gall the flender waift ; Nor waving lappets fhould the dancing fair , Nor ruffles edg'd with dangling fringes wear : Oft will the cobweb ornaments catch hold On ...
... fhould the tighten'd stays , too ftraitly lac'd , In whale - bone bondage gall the flender waift ; Nor waving lappets fhould the dancing fair , Nor ruffles edg'd with dangling fringes wear : Oft will the cobweb ornaments catch hold On ...
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Page 381 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 111 - As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air Which to those who journey near Barren, brown and rough appear: Still we tread the same coarse way; The present's still a cloudy day.
Page 21 - Shall through the gloomy vale attend, And cheer our dying breath ; Shall, when all other comforts cease, .Like a kind angel whisper peace, And smooth the bed of death.
Page 86 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, through Berkley's roof that ring...
Page 33 - Whose numbers, stealing through thy darkening vale, May not unseemly with its stillness suit ; As musing slow I hail Thy genial loved return. For when thy folding-star * arising shows His paly circlet, at his warning lamp The fragrant Hours, and Elves Who slept in buds the day, And many a Nymph who wreathes her brows with sedge And sheds the freshening dew, and lovelier still The pensive Pleasures sweet Prepare thy shadowy car.
Page 86 - No more I weep. They do not sleep. On yonder cliffs, a grisly band, I see them sit, they linger yet, Avengers of their native land ; With me in dreadful harmony they join, And weave with bloody hands the tissue of thy line.
Page 33 - And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Page 201 - In heaps on heaps; one fate o'erwhelms them all. The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts. And wins (oh shameful chance!) the Queen of Hearts. At this, the blood the virgin's cheek forsook, A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look; She sees, and trembles at th
Page 382 - Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.
Page 201 - He springs to vengeance with an eager pace, And falls like thunder on the prostrate ace. The nymph exulting fills with shouts...