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... once favourite productions of Prior , Shenstone , and other authors sunk into comparative neglect , but even the name of Thomson has scarcely transmitted to the present generation the knowledge of The Castle of Indolence , ' buried as ...
... once favourite productions of Prior , Shenstone , and other authors sunk into comparative neglect , but even the name of Thomson has scarcely transmitted to the present generation the knowledge of The Castle of Indolence , ' buried as ...
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... once perceive their foul disfigurement , But boast themselves more comely than before ; And all their friends and native home forget , To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty . Therefore when any , favour'd of high Jove , Chances to pass ...
... once perceive their foul disfigurement , But boast themselves more comely than before ; And all their friends and native home forget , To roll with pleasure in a sensual sty . Therefore when any , favour'd of high Jove , Chances to pass ...
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... once her eye Hath met the virtue of this magic dust , I shall appear some harmless villager , Whom thrift keeps up about his country gear . But here she comes ; I fairly step aside , And hearken , if I may , her business here.- The LADY ...
... once her eye Hath met the virtue of this magic dust , I shall appear some harmless villager , Whom thrift keeps up about his country gear . But here she comes ; I fairly step aside , And hearken , if I may , her business here.- The LADY ...
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... once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd it Hæmony , and gave it me , And bade me keep it as of sovereign use ' Gainst all enchantments , mildew blast , or damp , Or ghastly furies ' apparition . I pursed it up , but little reckoning made ...
... once to wise Ulysses gave ; He call'd it Hæmony , and gave it me , And bade me keep it as of sovereign use ' Gainst all enchantments , mildew blast , or damp , Or ghastly furies ' apparition . I pursed it up , but little reckoning made ...
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... once of Melibous old I learnt , The soothest shepherd that e'er piped on plains . There is a gentle nymph not far from hence , That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream ; Sabrina is her name , a virgin pure ' : COMUS . 39.
... once of Melibous old I learnt , The soothest shepherd that e'er piped on plains . There is a gentle nymph not far from hence , That with moist curb sways the smooth Severn stream ; Sabrina is her name , a virgin pure ' : COMUS . 39.
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Page 10 - The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook ; And of those demons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true consent With planet or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes, or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskined stage.
Page 9 - But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The cherub Contemplation ; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night...
Page 16 - Ay me, I fondly dream, Had ye been there! — for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore?
Page 6 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 24 - Ring out, ye crystal spheres! Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so; And let your silver chime Move in melodious time; And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow; And with your ninefold harmony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony.
Page 7 - Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 5 - Flushed with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes. Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Page 19 - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves, Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 26 - In consecrated earth And on the holy hearth The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns, and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power...
Page 17 - But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.