A Collection of Eighteenth Century VerseMargaret Lynn |
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... waves went high , He sought the storms ; but , for a calm unfit , Would steer too nigh the sands , to boast his wit . Great wits are sure to madness near allied , And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else , why should he , with ...
... waves went high , He sought the storms ; but , for a calm unfit , Would steer too nigh the sands , to boast his wit . Great wits are sure to madness near allied , And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else , why should he , with ...
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... waves , the zephyrs gently play , Belinda smiled , and all the world was gay . All but the sylph — with careful thoughts oppressed , Th ' impending woe sat heavy on his breast . 55 He summons straight his denizens of air ; The lucid ...
... waves , the zephyrs gently play , Belinda smiled , and all the world was gay . All but the sylph — with careful thoughts oppressed , Th ' impending woe sat heavy on his breast . 55 He summons straight his denizens of air ; The lucid ...
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... wave their wings . Amid the circle , on the gilded mast , Superior by the head , was Ariel placed ; His purple pinions opening to the sun , He raised his azure wand , and thus begun . " Ye sylphs and sylphids , to your chief give ear ...
... wave their wings . Amid the circle , on the gilded mast , Superior by the head , was Ariel placed ; His purple pinions opening to the sun , He raised his azure wand , and thus begun . " Ye sylphs and sylphids , to your chief give ear ...
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... Thou wert not in the rocks and waves . The silent heart , which grief assails , Treads soft and lonesome o'er the vales , 5 ΤΟ 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Sees daisies open , rivers A Hymn to Contentment 105 A Hymn to Contentment.
... Thou wert not in the rocks and waves . The silent heart , which grief assails , Treads soft and lonesome o'er the vales , 5 ΤΟ 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Sees daisies open , rivers A Hymn to Contentment 105 A Hymn to Contentment.
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... waves ; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain , The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these , and all I see , Should be sung , and sung by me : 50 55 60 65 70 75 They speak their maker as ...
... waves ; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain , The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these , and all I see , Should be sung , and sung by me : 50 55 60 65 70 75 They speak their maker as ...
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Common terms and phrases
Absalom and Achitophel Balclutha bards BAUCIS AND PHILEMON beams beauty beneath bless bonnie Braes of Yarrow breast breath busk Carthon cease to sigh charms cheerful Clessámmor clouds crown dark death delight Dryden Dunciad ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear Fingal flowers frae grace grave green Grongar Hill groves hand hear heart heaven heroic couplet hill Jenny king labour Lochaber Look lyre maid maun mighty mind morning mourn Muse ne'er never night numbers nymph o'er passions plain pleasure poem Pope Pope's Popish Plot pow'r praise pride proud redemption draweth nigh rise Robin Gray round satire scene shade shine sing skies smile soft song sorrow soul sound spread strain swain sweet Swift tear thee thou thought toil trembling Twas vale verse voice wave weep Whig wild wind ye Britons youth ΙΙΟ ΙΟ
Popular passages
Page 85 - All nature is but art, unknown to thee ; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see ; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good. And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear,
Page 323 - Far other aims his heart had learned to prize, More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train, He chid their wanderings, but relieved their pain...
Page 254 - 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 322 - To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn, To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn; She only left of all the harmless train, The sad historian of the pensive plain.
Page 253 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Page 325 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 326 - Thither no more the peasant shall repair To sweet oblivion of his daily care; No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale, No more the woodman's ballad, shall prevail; No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear, Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear...
Page 318 - 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 321 - Amidst these humble bowers 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 still — Amidst the swains to show my...
Page 250 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight...