Poems Selected and Printed by a Small Party of English, who Made this Amusement a Substitute for Society, which the Disturbed Situation of the Country Prevented Their Enjoyingin the month of February, 1792 - 91 pages |
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... gambol frolicd o'er the ground , And fleights of art and feats of strength went round . And ftill as each repeated pleasure tir'd , Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspir'd , A The dancing pair that simply fought renown , By holding.
... gambol frolicd o'er the ground , And fleights of art and feats of strength went round . And ftill as each repeated pleasure tir'd , Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspir'd , A The dancing pair that simply fought renown , By holding.
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... ftill had hopes my latest hours to crown , Amidst these humble bow'rs to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close , And keep the flame from wasting by repose : I still had hopes , for pride attends us ftill , Amidst the ...
... ftill had hopes my latest hours to crown , Amidst these humble bow'rs to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close , And keep the flame from wasting by repose : I still had hopes , for pride attends us ftill , Amidst the ...
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... ftill they gaz'd , and still the wonder grew , That one small head could carry all he knew . BUT paft is all his fame . The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd is forgot . Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high , Where once ...
... ftill they gaz'd , and still the wonder grew , That one small head could carry all he knew . BUT paft is all his fame . The very spot Where many a time he triumph'd is forgot . Near yonder thorn that lifts its head on high , Where once ...
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... ftill the fame . Not fo our lofs . The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supply'd ; Space for his lake , his park's extended bounds , Space for his horfes , equipage and hounds ; The robe that wraps his limbs in ...
... ftill the fame . Not fo our lofs . The man of wealth and pride Takes up a space that many poor supply'd ; Space for his lake , his park's extended bounds , Space for his horfes , equipage and hounds ; The robe that wraps his limbs in ...
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... ftill than they ; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies , Mingling the ravag'd landscape with the skies , Far diff'rent these from ev'ry former scene , The cooling brook , the grassy - vested green , The breezy covert of the ...
... ftill than they ; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies , Mingling the ravag'd landscape with the skies , Far diff'rent these from ev'ry former scene , The cooling brook , the grassy - vested green , The breezy covert of the ...
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Page 22 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 2 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 3 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
Page 1 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Page 10 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain, These simple blessings of the lowly train, To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Page 22 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 23 - Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth, And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere...
Page 66 - Now awful beauty puts on all its arms ; The fair each moment rises in her charms, Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face : Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes.
Page 8 - The village master taught his little school; A man severe he was and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 18 - THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.