Poems, Volum 1Stereotyped and printed by Andrew Wilson for J. Johnson, 1808 |
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Side 24
... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a syren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
Side 28
... virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; 28 TABLE TALK .
... virtue , truth , whate'er we call A blessing - freedom is the pledge of all . Oh liberty ! the prisoner's pleasing dream , The poet's muse , his passion and his theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art fancy's nurse ; 28 TABLE TALK .
Side 37
... force , and kindles with a zeal , Whatever the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame , She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every TABLE TALK . 37.
... force , and kindles with a zeal , Whatever the theme , that others never feel . If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender sympathy pervades the frame , She pours a sensibility divine Along the nerve of every TABLE TALK . 37.
Side 40
... man , that means success , should soar above A soldier's feather or a lady's glove ; Else , summoning the muse to such a theme , The fruit of all her labour is whipt - cream . As if an eagle flew aloft , and then— Stooped 40 TABLE TALK .
... man , that means success , should soar above A soldier's feather or a lady's glove ; Else , summoning the muse to such a theme , The fruit of all her labour is whipt - cream . As if an eagle flew aloft , and then— Stooped 40 TABLE TALK .
Side 42
... theme ! That theme on earth exhausted , though above ' Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavished all his thoughts on human things- The feats 42 TABLE TALK .
... theme ! That theme on earth exhausted , though above ' Tis found as everlasting as his love , Man lavished all his thoughts on human things- The feats 42 TABLE TALK .
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