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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... nymph , neglected and decry'd , My shame in crouds , my folitary pride , Thou fource of all my blifs , and all my woe , That found'st me poor at first , and keep'st me so ; Thou Thou guide , by which the nobler arts excel , 16 THE DESERTED.
... nymph , neglected and decry'd , My shame in crouds , my folitary pride , Thou fource of all my blifs , and all my woe , That found'st me poor at first , and keep'st me so ; Thou Thou guide , by which the nobler arts excel , 16 THE DESERTED.
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... nymphs tend it , and th ' Idalian queen : But , in the midst of all its blooming pride , A fudden blaft from Apenninus blows , Cold with perpetual fnows ; The tender blighted plant shrinks up its leaves , and dies . Arife , O Petrarch ...
... nymphs tend it , and th ' Idalian queen : But , in the midst of all its blooming pride , A fudden blaft from Apenninus blows , Cold with perpetual fnows ; The tender blighted plant shrinks up its leaves , and dies . Arife , O Petrarch ...
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... nymph to forego , What anguish I felt at my heart ! Yet I thought - but it might not be fo- ' Twas with pain that she faw me depart . She gaz'd , as I flowly withdrew ; My path I could hardly discern ; So fweetly she bade me adieu , I ...
... nymph to forego , What anguish I felt at my heart ! Yet I thought - but it might not be fo- ' Twas with pain that she faw me depart . She gaz'd , as I flowly withdrew ; My path I could hardly discern ; So fweetly she bade me adieu , I ...
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... nymphs of the town Come trooping , and liften the while ; Nay , on him let not Phyllida frown ; But - I cannot allow her to smile . For when Paridel tries in the dance Any favour with Phyllis to find , O how , with one trivial glance ...
... nymphs of the town Come trooping , and liften the while ; Nay , on him let not Phyllida frown ; But - I cannot allow her to smile . For when Paridel tries in the dance Any favour with Phyllis to find , O how , with one trivial glance ...
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... nymph fo complete would be fought By a fwain more engaging than me . Ah ! love ev'ry hope can inspire : It banishes wisdom the while ; And the lip of the nymph we admire Seems for ever adorn'd with a smile . 44 DISAPPOINT MEN T. She is ...
... nymph fo complete would be fought By a fwain more engaging than me . Ah ! love ev'ry hope can inspire : It banishes wisdom the while ; And the lip of the nymph we admire Seems for ever adorn'd with a smile . 44 DISAPPOINT MEN T. She is ...
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Amidſt Belinda beneath beſt beſtow bleft blifs bliſs bloom bofom bow'rs breaſt breath charms cloſe dear defart deſpair difdain diftant e'en e'er eaſe ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fair head fame fate fcorn feen fenfe fide figh filent filver firft firſt flow'rs fmil'd fmile foft folitary fome fond foon forrow foul fpirits ftill ftrike fuch fweet gentle Gnome grace grief grove hair head heart Heav'n honours Juft kifs labour laſt lefs Lock maid manſion mortal Muſe muſt nymph o'er paffion pain paſt Petrarch Phyllis pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe pride prize raiſe reft repoſe rife riſing roſe round ſcene ſeen shade shining ſmile ſpoke ſpread ſpring ſtate ſteps ſtill ſwain ſweet SWEET AUBURN Sylphs taſte tear tender Thaleftris thee thefe theſe thofe Thoſe thou thro toil train trembling Twas Umbriel uſe whofe Whoſe wretched
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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.