A collection of poems, by several hands [ed. by R. Dodsley]. [2 other copies of vols. 5,6]., Volume 21766 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ARCHIMAGO bards Bavius bleft blifs boaſt bofom breaſt Britiſh cauſe charms defire delight diftant Druids eaſe Edward EPIGRAM erft Ev'n eyes facred fage fair falfe fame fatire fenfe fhade fhall fing firſt flame flave flow'ry fmiles foft fome fond fong fons foon footh form'd foul fov'reign friendſhip ftate ftill ftreams fuch fure fweet GARTER gen'rous glorious glory grace happineſs heart heav'n heav'nly honour immortal inſpire juftice king lefs loft lov'd lyre mind moſt Mufe muft muſt nature's o'er paffion pain paſt pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride prince purſue rage rais'd raiſe Reaſon reft rife ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhine ſhould ſmile ſpirit ſpoils ſpread ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtore ſweet thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand throne toils train truth uſe vex'd virtue virtue's Whate'er whofe whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh
Popular passages
Page 267 - 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 269 - That every labouring sinew strains, Those in the deeper vitals rage: Lo! Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th
Page 271 - To Contemplation's sober eye Such is the race of Man: And they that creep, and they that fly, Shall end where they began.
Page 43 - Seek to be good, but aim not to be great: A woman's noblest station is retreat; Her fairest virtues fly from public sight, Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.
Page 79 - Though meek, magnanimous; though witty, wise; Polite, as all her life in courts had been ; Yet good, as she the world had never seen ; The noble fire of an exalted mind, With gentle female tenderness combin'd.
Page 266 - 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 76 - With pledges dear, and with a father's tender name. O best of wives ! O dearer far to me Than when thy virgin charms Were yielded to my arms, How can my soul endure the loss of thee?
Page 260 - For he, deep-judging sage, beheld With pain the triumphs of the field : And when the charioteer drew nigh, And, flush'd with hope, had caught his eye,
Page 73 - E'en for the kid or lamb that pour'd its life Beneath the bloody knife, Her gentle tears would fall, Tears from sweet virtue's source, benevolent to all.
Page 68 - In vain I look around O'er all the well-known ground, My Lucy's wonted footsteps to descry ; Where oft we us'd to walk, Where oft in tender talk We saw the summer Sun go down the sky...