Elegant Extracts: Consisting of larger poemsWells and Lilly, 1826 - English poetry |
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Page 35
... Truth at last her radiant beams shall raise , And Malice vanquish'd , heightens Virtue's praise . Let then thy favour but indulge my flight , O ! let my presence make thy travels light , And potent Venus shall exalt my name , Above the ...
... Truth at last her radiant beams shall raise , And Malice vanquish'd , heightens Virtue's praise . Let then thy favour but indulge my flight , O ! let my presence make thy travels light , And potent Venus shall exalt my name , Above the ...
Page 42
... truth . The next man ( and the next thou shalt believe ) Will pawn his gods , intending to deceive ; Will kneel , implore , persist , o'ercome , and leave . Hence let thy Cupid aim his arrows right ; Be wise and false , shun trouble ...
... truth . The next man ( and the next thou shalt believe ) Will pawn his gods , intending to deceive ; Will kneel , implore , persist , o'ercome , and leave . Hence let thy Cupid aim his arrows right ; Be wise and false , shun trouble ...
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... truth , As thou may'st wish , shall all his life employ , And found his glory in his Emma's joy . In me behold the potent Edgar's heir , Illustrious earl ; him terrible in war Let Loyre confess , for she has felt his sword , And ...
... truth , As thou may'st wish , shall all his life employ , And found his glory in his Emma's joy . In me behold the potent Edgar's heir , Illustrious earl ; him terrible in war Let Loyre confess , for she has felt his sword , And ...
Page 48
... truth , let all thy sons appear ; And constant Beauty shall reward their care . ' Mars smil'd , and bow'd : the Cyprian deity Turn'd to the glorious ruler of the sky ; And thou , ' she smiling said , ' great God of days And verse ...
... truth , let all thy sons appear ; And constant Beauty shall reward their care . ' Mars smil'd , and bow'd : the Cyprian deity Turn'd to the glorious ruler of the sky ; And thou , ' she smiling said , ' great God of days And verse ...
Page 56
... truth and innocence control . Coquettes , leave off affected arts , Gay fowlers at a flock of hearts ; Woodcocks to shun your snares have skill , You show so plain , you strive to kill . In love the artless catch the game , And they 56 ...
... truth and innocence control . Coquettes , leave off affected arts , Gay fowlers at a flock of hearts ; Woodcocks to shun your snares have skill , You show so plain , you strive to kill . In love the artless catch the game , And they 56 ...
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airy arms beauteous beauty bless'd bliss bosom breast bright charms cheek cincture cried crown'd dark delight dread e'en Earth Emma Emma's eyes fair fame fancy fate fear fire fix'd flame flies fond fondly frown gentle gnome grace groves guardian hair hand happy hast heart Heaven heavenly Henry honour hope hour lord Lord Percy lov'd lyre maid mind mortal Muse Nature's ne'er night Nut-brown Maid nymph o'er pain pass'd passions Percy Pleas'd pleasure poison'd pomp pow'r praise pride proud quick Raby Castle rage rais'd rapture rise rose round scene seem'd Serena shade shine sigh sight sire smil'd smile soft song Sophrosyne soul spirit Spleen spoke sprite sullen sweet SWEET Auburn swell sylphs tears tender Thalestris thee thine thou thought toil trembling triumph truth Umbriel vale vex'd virtue voice Warkworth wealth wild wings wonder wound youth
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Page 94 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd 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; Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face ; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 93 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 81 - Gay, sprightly land of mirth and social ease, Pleased with thyself, whom all the world can please ! How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe beside the murmuring Loire...
Page 98 - Where the dark scorpion gathers death around ; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murderous still than they ; While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies, Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.
Page 10 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home : Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Page 94 - The chest contrived a double debt to pay, A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day ; The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose...
Page 5 - Goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Page 158 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Page 87 - In every government , though terrors reign , Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 98 - With heavy heart, deplores that luckless hour When idly first, ambitious of the town, She left her wheel and robes of country brown. Do thine, sweet AUBURN, thine, the loveliest train, Do thy fair tribes participate her pain?